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With so much at stake, Russian officers could not afford to pamper wounded men. If a man could walk and carry a gun, a dressing was enough. They returned to the fight, which was tragically like the British withdrawal from Greece. All day the German dive-bombers, horrible with screech-sirens, aimed at flesh and nerves. All night the Russians had to plant land mines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia At War: BATTLE FRONT: Toughest Fight Ahead | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

...proof of the pudding is in the Sheffe" spluttered Hu Flung, Corzine a minor upset as he took a High dive Stark naked onto a Davenport...

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey occ., | Title: Hu Flung Huey Flings 'Em | 11/15/1941 | See Source »

Because Dover still gets eight to ten siren warnings daily, the first lesson in 18 months was an air-raid drill: Teacher cried "Get in the cave," and pupils grabbed gas masks, cleared out in 30 seconds. At the second lesson they learned to dive under desks at the word "Shell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Run, Rabbits, Run! | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...plane goes into a steep dive and Mac, his eye to the bombsight, takes command: "Right a bit. Left a bit. Steady at that!" Four bombs are short, but the fifth, a 1,000-pounder, whangs the target with an explosion that drowns the plane in white light. Twisting and turning to get out of the searchlights, F for Freddie heads for the Channel and home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Nov. 3, 1941 | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

...Under the personal management of Timothy Q. Mouse, a rough rodent of the Jimmy Durante school and a vigorous new Disney character, Dumbo discovers what his ears are good for-flying. This time he takes off from his window high in the burning building like an angry dive-bomber, turning, banking, looping the loop, and finally machine-gunning the other performers with peanuts sucked into his trunk from the vendor's cart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Oct. 27, 1941 | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

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