Word: capa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first to land in Axis Europe. For hours & hours we will be alone. There will be enemies all around us and over our heads. We must do our best." Then, offhandedly, he added: "We are headed for Sicily." How did the men take this speech? Said Hungarian-accented Bob Capa: "In pooking...
...First Landing. Sicily lay below, bathed in light from a crescent moon. Bombing and diversionary flights had prepared the way. "The flak was some, not so much," said Photographer Capa. The formation came over its objective. Inside the plane the red light winked...
...formation dropped flares over the landing area. Altitude was about 500 feet, speed about 110 miles. Inside Capa's plane the green light flashed. Then began a hurlyburly...
...pushed and got entangled in their hurry to get out. Despite the apparent confusion, they jumped with great speed: one man every 75 feet, all out within 25 seconds. As they went over, they shouted what sounded like gibberish to Capa. Perhaps it was the paratroops' jumping word-"Geronimo...
...Capa saw the chutes float down "like strings of diminishing pearls" in the moonlight and flarelight. The formation, its mission safely accomplished, turned back toward Africa. The men landed below were gathering up equipment, scurrying into tactical groups...