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...Shrapnel hits our building and we duck for cover while great clouds of black smoke and red dust rise like thunderheads and slowly thin away...
...occasion was far greater than any words Franklin Roosevelt spoke. As the Senators watched him-perceptibly leaner, slightly stooped over the table, following the text with his forefinger, rubbing his chin when he ad-libbed, occasionally taking a sip of water in a thin hand that patently trembled-they knew that he was talking primarily to them. In numberless ways, Franklin Roosevelt made his main point over & over again: I think Yalta is pretty good; it's not perfect, but it's a good start. I also know that 33 of you, Democrats and Republicans, can band together...
...supposin it's just the beer ya like--ok, we got that, too. Ya just drop around to the Crimson Building tamorra night at 7:30 an ya get beer an coke an all the straight dope. Ya can slice it thick, ya can slice it thin, but nomatta how ya look at it, the Service News Spring Comp is the deal...
...mapped in detail by U.S. photo-interpreters, are the eventual objective. They cannot be sure whether the assault troops will come direct, or by way of the Kurils, Ryukyus, China or Korea. They cannot be strong at every point of possible attack. They can either spread their forces thin or concentrate them at the likeliest points. Either way, U.S. photoplanes will tell Fleet Admiral Nimitz what the dispositions...
...sickening to watch the Jap mortar shells crash into the men as they climbed. These huge explosive charges-"floating ash cans," we called them-would crash among the thin lines of marines, or among the boats bringing reinforcements to the beach, throwing sand, water and even pieces of human flesh 100 feet into the air. Supporting naval gunfire and planes with bombs managed to knock out some of the mortars, but the Japs continued throwing their deadly missiles all afternoon. By noon the assault battalions reported 20 to 25% fatalities...