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...were no falls. It was like flying over England, only more beautiful. People on the ground seemed stunned by the great flock of Lancasters and the noise. We saw no fighters on the way, but a duck came through the windshield with a wallop. My front gunner's turret was filled with feathers and the hole in the windshield let in an awful draft." And so precise was the R.A.F. timing that the first planes hit Le Creusot at 6:09 and the last dumped its load seven minutes later...
Said Private Moore from his hospital cot: "I got up next to the sergeant guarding the turret and one of the Japs stuck his head down inside. I shot him right between the eyes. Suddenly there was a terrific explosion and I saw the tank commander go down. Then I felt a burning pain in my neck and realized they must have thrown a grenade down the turret. A few moments later they set fire to the tank. The driver and I figured it was better to get outside and get shot rather than burn to death. The driver poked...
President of famed Jones & Lamson Machine Co. (turret lathes) in Springfield, Vt., Ralph Flanders actually represents nobody but himself. His expert technical advice was much sought in Washington when he bossed OPM's machine-tool priorities division in 1941. He left when he found himself in conflict with bureaucrats, but his advice continued to be sought...
...local blacksmith, recapture a village. Tank battle scenes were made through gun slits in the front Russian tanks. After disabling Nazi tanks with shells, machine gunners in a Soviet tank rake Germans trying to escape into the woods. One is hit just as he emerges from the turret. Closeups show the flames licking over his body...
...solid wall to greet him. On the testing ground, he watched 50 tanks roar through mud and dust. One tank drove straight at him, slogged through a muddy testing hole, ground to a stop ten feet away. The young Polish driver stuck his dirty face from the turret and grinned. "A good drive!" shouted the President...