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Word: sommerneld (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...group, and indeed the whole army, had a spirit that for Sommerneld made up for deficiencies. Once, on a routemarch, they passed a column coming back from the front. "They were utterly worn out, unshaven, filthy, dressed in thin, bleached and tattered overalls, mostly wearing worn-out rope-soled canvas shoes through which their toes protruded: they had hardly any kit, were armed with rusty, ancient Mausers and threadbare, emptied cartridge-slings. They were soaking wet, shivering, utterly exhausted, huddled together for warmth in bedraggled groups. . . . But they were singing, not loudly, their voices coming from far away, from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Man in War | 10/11/1937 | See Source »

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