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Word: curr (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sniper picked off a Vietnamese sergeant in his tank turret, and the Communists lobbed in some mortars. There was firing all around us: French artillery, tanks and mortars opened up, and small-arms fire clattered back from nearby villages. Red mortars and anti-personnel mines went off, curr-rump, curr-rump, along the road. It was almost certainly one of these mines that killed LIFE Photographer Robert Capa (see PRESS). Moroccan infantry quickly deployed against the villages and put an end to the shooting. At 3 p.m., the column entered Thanhne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDO-CHINA: Forward Lies the Delta | 6/7/1954 | See Source »

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