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...cover Russian sappers swept forward to "delouse" German minefields. Over the frozen earth rolled Russian tanks, some of them dragging artillery. Mobile cannon followed, operating in massed groups, blasting holes in German positions that had already been spotted by Russian guerrilla intelligence. Night came and there was no letup...
...what they need is whatever it takes to keep them going when they are cold, wet, tired and hungry." He recommended marching five miles an hour (which requires some running) with full pack. One outfit showed General McNair results; on a problem lasting three nights and four days without letup, hungry, cold and tired, the unit marched 35 miles with full pack...
Even more disturbing in Florida were reports that confusion and mismanagement still hampered anti-submarine operations, in two instances causing a one-hour lag between the moment a U-boat was spotted and the time bombers or ships were dispatched to the scene. Meanwhile, there was no letup in the stream of haggard survivors into eastern ports, each with his tale...
...existence is taking on a drab sameness. Amusements are too expensive and people stay home. Visiting has been curtailed, due to the high prices of rickshas and shoes. The movement away from the cities, though arrested by a letup in bombing, is likely to continue because of the housing shortage and high city prices. It results in the citifying of the country with cubistic signboards, barbershops, women in new-style clothes...
...course lasts a week. By the end of it, the first batch of 76 earnest, middle-aged Guardsmen were pretty well bushed, because days began at 6:30 a.m. and went without letup until...