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...Slavs, in vain the depths of hell threaten...
...hospitals, talking to them in his Virginia drawl with a pipe clenched between his teeth, which produces such Pullerisms as "biz-ouack" for bivouack, "Nitmitz" for Nimitz. Before an attack he spends days with his men encouraging them and carefully inspecting their weapons. They will follow him to hell...
...seventh day broke bright and clear. A long train of C-47 transport planes and towed gliders came over Arnhem. More hundreds of paratroops, more tons of supplies fell to help the men in the "patch of hell...
That night the U.S. airbornes inflated their few boats again, crossed the Lek to relieve the men in the "patch of hell." Gradually the Allied foothold across the Lek was strengthened. But still there was no letup of the German pressure. For this was also a battle of desperation for the Germans. U.S. columns advancing eastward from the rescue corridor drove into German territory a few miles from Cleve, the anchor of the Siegfried Line. This was not merely a battle to rescue the British airborne. It was a battle to turn the whole right flank of the German army...
...from the north: dive bombers circle in the sun and plunge down almost vertically to drop their crumps. Avengers roar in low and you can see strings of slim black bombs drop out of their bellies. They make fat, black mushroom patterns along the length of the target. Then Hell cats flash over, tearing the sky with heavy machine-gun strafing...