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...hills to the south of the pass had not been cleared, but a determined thrust might have forced the pass and flanked the enemy in those hills. True, there were minefields in the pass, but so there were at Fondouk, and there the British sacrificed some 40 tanks to plough through. But whatever shortcomings were revealed at El Guettar, they taught some valuable lessons. If U.S. troops learn best by experience, they seldom have to learn more than once...
...Silent Men. They read about China's "second front." All along the lost coast the silent men, the guerrillas, men who plough dumbly in daytime but are very keen at night, rose up and attacked. They raided Shanghai, Nanking, Hangchow, Nanchang, Ningpo, Wuhu, Amoy. They tore up the rails of the Nanchang-Kiukiang Railway on the central front, tore down 2,000 assorted yards of Japanese telephone and telegraph lines, blew up four bridges. In Canton, down south, they had killed 500 Japanese, had blown up the telephone exchange...
...bookepper any way Cant read. Can write his Name but I al ready put that down My self Says he can Plough but dont look like it to Me. sent to Feild...
...camels) that they bought about 100,000 units, are now using many of them in the Libyan push. In Crete, scores of British-and Greek-owned M-H light tanks fought mightily before being blasted to bits by Nazi bombers. Dutch-owned M-H tanks and gun carriers now plough through the jungles of Sumatra in pursuit of Jap paratroops...
...listening to Weinberger's symphony, given by Eugene Goossens and the Cincinnati Symphony. Weinberger plunged heavily into Deep River, splashing the spiritual not only in his "heroic scherzo" but also in a final rondo. The other movements were subtitled "6 Captain! My Captain!" and "The Hand on the Plough." Innocently Czech Weinberger worked in his King Charles's head-a fugue. But no polka...