Lee had taken the two squads of the 2nd Plt and the two squads of the mortar Platoon back to the company on Way Hill.   I was commanding 3d Platoon to finish destroying the bunch of Jap machineguns and the rifles and then join the company. When I got to Way Hill the Company had moved and left orders that we follow them.

When we made the turn around the hill and approached what I now know to be the Machine shop, smoke was coming out of the south part of the building (see photo).  

Notice all but one of us in this attack do not have any webbing on, not even rifle belts. We'd dropped belts and suspenders when we took the break.  We were all  wearing a solid mass of flies.  During the break, Fred Morgan walked over and looked in the Machine shop.  A rifle shot rang out, and he dropped dead.

We brought in one of the artillery 75's which opened up direct fire over their iron sights. Henry McCrory opened up with his flat trajectory 60mm. Burl says the artillery did get some rounds in, but they did not fire nearly as many as did McCrory. Red Horse said the artillery never got a round into an opening, but that McCrory got a hit with every round. Burl Martin and Red Horse said 50 rounds were fired. 

The Japanese inside there, some dozens of them, all of them concussed, eventually had to be dispatched by cold steel.
 

 Lt. William. T. Calhoun
"F" Co.