The US commander was about to request airplane bombing runs when the mayor approached him, told him that there were no Germans left in Villedieu and offered to ride through Villedieu in the front seat of a US jeep.
Den amerikanske kommanderende skulle til at rekvirere flystøtte, da borgmesteren nærmede sig og fortalte, at der ikke var tyskere tilbage i Villedieu og tilbød at køre gennem byen på forsædet af en jeep.