Word: infantrymen
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...vessels of every variety, and from the giant battleships came a deafening barrage. The Texas and Arkansas trained their 14-in. guns on German artillery batteries atop the cliffs towering over Omaha Beach; the Nevada and three cruisers pounded nearby Utah Beach. Twelve miles offshore, thousands of infantrymen scrambled down sheets of netting into the boxlike landing craft that began chugging toward the heavily mined and barricaded shore. Aboard the flagship Augusta, General Bradley stood with ears plugged by cotton and watched through binoculars as the vanguard of the 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions waded slowly into German machine...
...Sinai Peninsula, as in the air, the Israeli tactics were based on surprise and speed. From Kerem Shalom in the north to El Kuntilla in the south, Israeli Centurion tanks, halftracks and field guns, plus convoys of infantrymen in sand-colored fatigues, pounded across from the Negev into Sinai in the blazing morning sunlight. Within two days, the Israelis had knocked out or captured 200 of Nasser's tanks, and were deep in Sinai...
...brief action at My Lai, a hamlet in Viet Cong-infested territory 335 miles northeast of Saigon, may yet have an impact on the war. According to accounts that suddenly appeared on TV and in the world press last week, a company of 60 or 70 U.S. infantrymen had entered My Lai early one morning and destroyed its houses, its livestock and all the inhabitants that they could find in a brutal operation that took less than 20 minutes. When it was over, the Vietnamese dead totaled at least 100 men, women and children, and perhaps many more. Only...
...Panama, he waded through the muddy jungle to watch American infantrymen stage a brisk firing exercise with live ammunition. Off the coast of El Salvador, he was literally lifted off his feet by a salvo from the 16-in. guns of the recommissioned battleship U.S.S. New Jersey. In between, he took a tense helicopter ride, spiraling into a heavily guarded barrio of El Salvador's provincial capital, San Vicente. After he touched down, he expressed his concern and sympathy to residents of a Salvadoran refugee camp...
...propelled grenades, AK-47 assault rifles and light mortars, they attacked Lebanese army guardposts, barracks and convoys. In response, the Lebanese army dispatched 10,000 troops, backed up by tanks and armored personnel carriers, to regain control of the city. Supported by tank rounds and heavy machine-gun fire, infantrymen crept up alleys and side streets in search of the militiamen...