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...normal ending of the story would have been capture and internment, but Wissenback was different. Hastily he folded his chute and hid it in a thick clump of weeds. Then he hid himself. What happened after that cannot be told in detail...
...German tank attacks with antitank rifles, Molotov cocktails and hand grenades. There he learned the staying power of foot soldiers properly equipped and properly led. This was the major blow in the Russian counterattack. Out of these engagements the towering blond man emerged with a shy, sly smile that hid his self-assurance. He had acquired a reputation as a brilliant, courageous leader...
Throughout the Balkans were reports of tracks torn up, bridges destroyed, street rioting and Partisan vengeance. The peasants, sensing a bad winter, hid their crops from the prying eyes of Axis collectors...
...second invasion jump (the first: near Tabessa, Algeria, last November). He crashed through an olive tree before he hit the ground, cracking a rib, wrenching a knee, skinning his knuckles. His tired old secondhand portable typewriter got to earth in a parachute bundle. Thompson found it, hid it behind a stone wall. But by the time the paratroops had taken Vittoria, someone had stolen his portable...
...whistle, a crash, an explosion. He pulled on his britches and ran for the street. Said he: "My first thought was an enemy plane. Then I thought, why in heck. . . ? After I saw how deep the bombs bored into the pavement, I was glad I hadn't hid under that big paper cutter at the office...