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...newest fighter is a direct descendant of the Wildcat and a factory mate of the Navy's crack Avenger torpedo plane. Its name: the Grumman Hellcat. This and little more the Navy announced, along with the news that a task force had crept close to the Jap's Marcus Island, thoroughly plastered it with shot and bombs from Hellcats and Avengers...
Through the dark, night-hung waters off Rendova Island in the Solomons crept a sleek Navy PT boat, hoping for a crack at Japanese shipping. Suddenly shore batteries discovered the craft and opened...
...prison ship, anchored in the harbor of Stettin. Seven hundred and fifty Frenchmen were lodged in the ship's holds and farmed out to local factories. But their real lives began at night when the great doors of the holds had clanged shut on them. Then the prisoners crept out of their bunks to dark corners where, with light provided by stolen electrical equipment (salvaged from the wreckage of R.A.F. bombings in the neighborhood), they set up "clubhouses . . . based on a unique interest...
...that another daytime fight was in progress. The news shook us a bit and Chuck's voice was irritable as he said: "Move out, goddamit. Get that machine gun before it gets light or they'll be on us again." Half an hour passed .during which dawn crept over the hills. Morehouse again reported that he had made no progress, and again Chuck Horner spoke to him: "Listen, Al, you got 90 rifles and machine guns. You going to let one machine gun hold you up? We're not getting anywhere by not moving...
...France, artillery fire went down 200 yards ahead of troops, who crept within 100 yards waiting for it to lift before attacking. Occasional shorts were inevitable, and infantry learned to expect 2% casualties from its own supporting artillery. Foot soldiers' traditional greeting to artillerymen was two raised fingers, like Winston Churchill's "V" signal...