Word: infantrymen
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...battle of Istra, north of Moscow, Rokossovsky's infantrymen stopped persistent 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...
...Alaska Scouts grew from a nucleus of four hand-picked infantrymen. Organized a month before Pearl Harbor, they remain a small and select outfit. A few Scouts are Aleuts (see cut, third from right), Indians, or half-breeds. Some, like Larry ("Diamond Jim") Beloff (fourth from right), who operates a gold mine, are oldtimers in Alaska. But most are from the States, are principally Westerners who went to Alaska when they were adventurous boys. There is even one Scout from Brooklyn...
...thousand warships, transports and landing boats churned the dark waters of the ancient sea. Planes roared off to the north, loaded with paratroops or towing gliders packed with infantrymen...
...standing between the destroyers and the battleships came swarms of landing boats, dashing through the hot red tracer fire from enemy shore batteries and machine guns, grinding to a halt on the steep shores, discharging their men, then hastening back to the transports for another load. Engineers and assault infantrymen led the way ashore, scurried to cover, set up machine guns, charted underwater obstacles at the landing points, then started clearing away barbed wire with Bangalore torpedoes...
...city's streets. But Japanese artillery based on an island in the river pounded them brutally, while fresh Japanese reinforcements made way to aid the garrison. At week's end the Japanese artillery and pillboxes dominated the action. Against them the Chinese were still throwing rifle-armed infantrymen...