IN WW II - An Observer Interfered
It’s not like other Observers haven’t interfered. The most famous case happened during the 1940s in the midst of World War II. A wounded soldier from the alliance of the U.S. and the U.K. held off several hundred Nazi soldiers and half a dozen heavily armored tanks for more than an hour. He was atop a burning vehicle called a tank destroyer that was just moments away from blowing up. He kept a line of fire going from the machine gun turret; eventually killing more than 200 enemy soldiers and forcing their tanks to withdraw.
The observer on duty in Germany that cold winter’s day felt compassion for the brave soldier, but remained true to the directive. He did not interfere - not until the concussion from two mortar shells knocked the American G.I. off his feet.
The Nazis by then, had closed to within 20 yards. The observer laid unseen hands on the little warrior and helped him get back to the machine gun.
The weapon was unloaded and the badly bleeding soldier was unable to reload it. The invisible observer reloaded the weapon and the soldier was thus able to lay down a new rain of hellfire on the disbelieving Nazis.
For his heroics that day, the Allied forces awarded the baby-faced infantryman every single medal that they possessed. As for the soldier, he never knew that the observer had stepped in to aid him and give him special treatment.
I’m told that the observer was given a mild reprimand but was not dismissed from his position.
Nazi Panzer Tank
A Tank Destroyer