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As an indication of the amount of patrol activity conducted by the Rainbow, from February 18 to February 28 the infantry carried out a total of 139 reconnaissance and combat patrols. These patrols ranged over the entire Division front, penetrating the enemy lines up to a distance of 2,000 yards and determined the strength and location of enemy installations.
The 242nd Infantry conducted nine combat patrols during the same period in which it killed 30 Germans, wounded 15 and captured four. Its losses totaled four men killed, 10 wounded and seven missing.
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