Word: caveney
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Turning the little knobs on her gun predictor for the first time in real action, 18-year-old Private Nora Caveney matched up the pointers, cried: "On target." As the guns spat, came the high whine of German bombs, a crash. A hot, jagged bomb splinter ripped through the sandbags and struck Nora Caveney in the chest. Another girl jumped into her place; another treble cry went up: "On target...
...village churchyard near by, Private Caveney was buried last week, the first ATS girl to die in action against the enemy. Said Nora Caveney's C.O.: "Seasoned soldiers could not have behaved better." From all over England came polite, stiff letters asking for Nora Caveney's picture...
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