Word: shrapnel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then weary men, with a restless look in their eyes, sat behind the front and talked: of the "awful accurate" fire by Jerry snipers and machine gunners, of the bare and hostile Italian field sprinkled by shrapnel, of the muddy holes, of hopelessness and death. They said: "It's sure not a soft...
...water. Major Rice and 17 men scampered into the small craft, which headed for the beach through a barrage of mortar and automatic-weapon fire. The Higgins boat milled around for another ten minutes, getting its share of near-misses. One Marine picked a half-dozen pieces of shrapnel from his lap, stared at them. Another said: "Oh God, I'm scared...
Some charter members of Post 591: an 18-year-old sailor wounded by shrapnel (South Pacific); a young private with punctured ear drums (North Africa); a paratrooper who injured his back in a practice jump; an ex-National Guardsman suffering from shock and war neurosis; a 45-year-old World War I veteran who was drafted again for World War II and served in a medical battalion until discharged...
Said the sailor with the shrapnel wounds, echoing the thoughts of the others: "Sure I wanted to join. The officer who discharged me said, 'If you're smart you'll join the Legion. They can do things...
World War I interrupted this by mustering him as an Austrian soldier. Severely wounded by shrapnel, he resumed his law studies in Vienna, took his doctor's degree by which he is sometimes addressed today but which has no connection with music. Then revolution blasted eastern Europe. Rodzinski went to the Ukraine as an Austrian agent in charge of food imports. Returning stability found him back in Lwow, as a price fixer on eggs, meat and vegetables. In the evenings he played the piano in a honkytonk...