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...Operating as a combat intelligence officer in North Africa, he took part in most of the major battles including Gafas, Seined Maknassey, Jbol Berda, and finally El Guettar, where on a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines, he was hurled 15 feet by an exploding German 88 men shell, which tore away parts of both his legs...
After You! In Denver, Hyman Meyers, trying to release his two-year-old grandson from a locked bathroom, tore the knob off the door, ran outside, chucked a rock through a window, clambered into the wrong room, climbed out, tossed another brick, made it, tugged off the rest of the knob on the bathroom door, had to be rescued by the police...
Only the Beginning. In Quebec draft-age youths paraded, sang A Bas la Conscription! (Down with Conscription!) to the tune of God Save the King, and tore down Union Jacks. But generally, French Canadians heeded the timely and wise admonition of Quebec's Premier Maurice Duplessis: ". . . Have respect for the laws." There were some disturbances elsewhere. In six British Columbia towns, drafted troops of the Pacific Command paraded noisily and shouted: "This is only the beginning. Blame the Government!" They had just learned they were to be among the first to go overseas. At Vernon, B.C., the soldiers mauled...
...that time mortar and artillery shells were dropping on the slender beachhead every 30 seconds. Colonel Crowe covered his chest wound with his poncho, covered his face with his helmet. A shell fragment tore through the poncho, pierced his chest in two more places. Five other fragments hit him in the left arm and shoulder, another in the right leg. A sliver tore off his thumbnail. A doctor who examined him said, "Not much chance...
Somebody on the deck remarked that this was a book real he-men should read. It was called Kiss the Blood off My Hands. They tore it apart, chapter by chapter, and passed it around...