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Anyone who could make a statement that we froze in our foxholes is not familiar with the operations on this island. The breakthrough that is mentioned in your article was one of the most heroic. We are proud to work with the unit who met the brunt of the attack...
...first U.S. armor rumbled into the first German town, Roetgen, Germans froze and stared. Then a German made a tentative V-sign. A woman started to cry. Finally a Hausfrau approached with an offering-a skirtful of green apples. Against orders, the G.I.s passed out chocolate...
Although terrific artillery barrages were laid down in front of them, Ralph Smith's men froze in their foxholes. For days these men, who lacked confidence in their officers, were held up by handfuls of Japs in caves. When it began to look as if what had been gained might be lost, Fourth Marine Division troops even moved in front of a sector of the 27th's line to save it. From the Marine point of view, General Ralph Smith's chief fault was that he had long ago failed to get tough enough to remove incompetent...
That explosion virtually swept all possible Grumman competitors into the background. The reasons were simple. While other planemakers argued with the Navy over design changes, Grumman went to Big Bill Knudsen, then froze Grumman designs. Instead of waiting for new plants to be ready, Grumman spread-eagled work in garages, a shooting gallery, almost any available space around Bethpage, even assembled planes under tents. As a result, Grumman proved he could get out planes when the Navy had to have them...
...women keep sweetshops in the cobbled side-streets, or back to the upland milltown . . . with its grope-movie and its poolroom lit by gas, carry me back to the days before my wife put on weight, back to the years when beer was cheap and the rivers really froze in the winter...