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...ordered the emplacement of two antitank guns, called his junior officer and gave him cool and careful directions for bringing other guns into position to blast out the enemy. Only after he had everything in order did he allow himself to be carried from the fireswept hilltops. Climbach was taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Report on a Hero | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

...will advance over blackened ruins, through blasted and fireswept cities, across scorched plains. . . . Our fighting forces are born attackers. We will hit the enemy wherever we can. . . . It means risks, but safety first is the devil's watchword today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: Last Bastion | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

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