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...tanks, trucks and self-propelled guns approach with a roaring and purring of motors, and a babble of voices. Each night, Lummis and his platoon sergeant had calmly told the artillery and mortars in the rear to get ready, warned the platoon of U.S. Pershing tanks to stand by. Bazookamen, machine-gunners and an artillery observation post on a hill close by were alerted. Each night, as the enemy tanks started "bowling" their fire down the road, artillery and mortars would instantly open fire. Red infantrymen would dash ahead of the tanks, trying to remove land mines and setting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: At the Bowling Alley | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

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