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...automatic pistols, hand grenades, and a simple antitank rifle called the Panzerfaust ("tank fist"). The oldsters train in their spare time, on Sundays and in the evenings; the youngsters, mainly Hitler-Youth, get intensive four-day courses at special camps. Basic unit of the Volkssturm is the four-company battalion, but brigades and divisions may be activated when it becomes capable of disposing bigger units. It has a core of experienced officers, some of them fanatical Nazis...
After the unusual request for two southern gentlemen from this area, half the battalion ha been working on it's accent. The you-alls of Jack Lauder and John Sutton have been most pronounced but the latest note is that genial Jack Anspaugh has been taking southern language lessons from none other than colonel Jim Worsley himself. More power...
...barrage lifted, a battalion of infantry appeared as if by magic, and started their advance to the canal. They had been sheltering in houses, in caves, hedges and foxholes, and had been completely invisible. Now, 30 seconds after zero hour, they were spread out in Indian file, heading for the canal. I joined an assault platoon...
Spread of the Fire. A thousand yards along the canal, flame suddenly leaped from one bank to the other, which meant that flamethrowers were at work spearheading the assault for another battalion. Jerry promptly switched his shelling from us to the new attack. We took the opportunity to expand our bridgehead and exploit the ground ahead...
...made my way back to base. As I crossed the canal, I saw that tanks were pouring over a pontoon bridge, and supply trucks were piling up where a Bailey bridge was being constructed. All being well, this battalion will be crossing another canal tomorrow night-it's onlv six miles farther...