Word: ruggedness
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The shelling there, after we had landed, was more rugged. The general set up his command post about 20 yards inland. In an aid station near by in a deep tank trap, there were 14 casualties. The water which seeped through the sand was already red with blood. Artillery fire...
In his place, the ranking officer aloft was Brigadier General La Verne G. Saunders, a rugged, black-browed, hairy-chested airman perversely nicknamed "Blondie." Onetime All-America tackle at West Point, Saunders is a veteran airman with a spectacular record in B-17 Flying Fortress operations around the South Pacific...
At last it got too rugged for the Germans. After an hour the prisoners heard frantic cries: "Nicht schiessen." The German machine gunners outside at the gate kept on firing. So did the American attackers But inside the house the German defenders surrendered to their own prisoners, sat down, sweating...
"Excepting perhaps the Chinese army, Tito's National Liberation Army has the highest percentage of amputations in the world. Last winter, several hundred bare-foot fighters had to have their frozen legs amputated. Also, the typical wound of the Partisan soldier is the fracture from mine thrower, cannon or...
In Italy's rugged mountains, mules and horses can go where a jeep can not go. So these animals, worth a few hundred dollars each in the U.S., are priceless in Italy. Each pack train has its own veterinarian to give first aid. He also decides which wounded animals...