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Most vivid scene: a tank battle, showing Soviet soldiers riding on tanks up to the enemy's lines and then charging into the mouth of his guns. Through tank gun-slits the camera looks straight down the barrel of Nazi anti-tank guns, firing at point-blank range...
Down the corridor the Admiral's orderly had just turned into his room. At the sound of the shots he whirled, rushed back to meet the assassin running toward him. At point-blank range the assassin fired twice again. The orderly fell, a bullet in his thigh. But others had arrived; the gunman was overpowered...
First stop was Radio Station WCAO, for a broadcast with his hosts. A woman member asked point-blank about rumors that he was going to resign. Leon Henderson grinned. "Well, that's the way things go," he said. In walked a newsman, with word that the resignation had just been announced in Washington. "There you have it," said Henderson, grinning again...
...carriers were mentioned). This force slithered into three groups, primed to bombard Henderson Field. This was no repetition of Aug. 8-9, when the U.S. lost three heavy cruisers and the Australians one in a surprise night attack. This time Halsey apparently obtained the surprise. His guns opened at point-blank range; his torpedoes went home. In the resultant confusion two of the Jap groups fired on one another...
...fired at point-blank range. It was just a slugging match. The rear bomber pulled up over my tracers and fell away smoking. I kicked in behind the second plane. He jettisoned his bombs, but I set him afire. I kicked my ship after the leader. He plowed right on to the field, dropped his bombs. There I caught up and gave him a burst. He just fell to pieces...