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Beyond the fence, David and Jerry came upon an odd object, picked it up, dropped it; there was a shattering explosion. The boys were hurled to the ground, their bodies riddled with fragments from the bazooka shell they had found. Rocky the dog was dead. In the hospital it was nip & tuck, but the boys pulled through eventually, though Jerry lost three toes, and both David's legs were amputated above the knee. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Four Boys & Two Dogs | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

...Bakersfield, Calif., Marine Sergeant M. U. Johnson gingerly dismantled an unexploded bazooka rocket he found lying in an alley, discovered a note in place of the explosive: "What the heck are you looking for? You crazy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 20, 1953 | 4/20/1953 | See Source »

...grown curious about the new board shutters over the windows of an unused gas station on the heavily traveled Boston Post Road. Leading a raid one afternoon last week, Giancola found that the building had been turned into a bristling arms dump: 1,000 rifle grenades, 1,000 bazooka shells, cases of rifle ammunition, napalm powder for making jellied gasoline, 900 parachute grenades with the chutes removed and napalm inserted. The chief was still staring in surprise when a 1953 Packard drove up, bearing Manhattan Arms Merchant Alfred Manheim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: The Mamaroneck Plot | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

SMALL WEAPONS: Production of the new 3.5-in. bazooka is so high that cutbacks have been ordered. Tied in with the airborne's effort to lighten all equipment, several new items have been developed. Among them: a new entrenching tool, four pounds lighter than the old; an aluminum-nylon helmet, 8% lighter; new tropical combat boots, 3/4 Ib. lighter. Also due to be lightened: rifles, pistols, machine guns and ammunition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOBILIZATION: Half Speed Ahead | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

...parts. Those that ran had to be driven 90 miles to another base before their 76-mm. guns could be fired-Pickett had no ranges long enough. Regiments had to pool machine guns. There were no cleaning rods. Ammunition was scarce. Instead of six shots with the 2.36 bazooka, recruits were allowed only one-enough to startle them, but not enough to train them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Troubled 43rd | 6/4/1951 | See Source »

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