Or shooting guns and digging foxholes, if we're being honest with ourselves.
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And while Cruz appears to be under the impression that foxholes are some sort of extra-super-real MMA cage for the battlefield, the whole point of foxholes, in fact, is that you don't share them with the enemy.
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There are no atheists in foxholes and no true Randians in state government.
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Private Currey and other infantrymen were in foxholes, backing up American antitank troops.
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At General Arif's camp, the berms had grown taller and the foxholes deeper.
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This is not a glamour business when you're in the foxholes of production.
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He saw three heads up in one of his foxholes, and crawled over to investigate.
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It used to be said during World War II that there are no atheists in foxholes.
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"We were digging foxholes and we ran up against all these bones," Mr. Crawford, 71, recalled.
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A unified country had beaten the Nazis, with Mayflower descendants sharing foxholes with Kowalskis and Mancinis.
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A unified country had beaten the Nazis, with Mayflower descendants sharing foxholes with Kowalskis and Mancinis.
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He was the only man with combat experience, and many of his men did not dig foxholes.
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Some of the spaces are as tiny as a closet, walls made of mud or rock, basically menstruation foxholes.
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But just as there are alleged to be no atheists in foxholes, there are no free marketeers in dying industries.
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That evening in the steaming forest, Sergeant Rose, already exhausted, dug long foxholes so the wounded could lie under cover.
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You can use this to build resupply stations at capture points as well as fortifications like sandbags, barbed wire, and foxholes.
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When you see this pattern, Cruz's opposition to women in the draft — and his bizarre warning about foxholes — seems practically inevitable.
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But they say there are no atheists in foxholes, and maybe none in surgical waiting rooms or in thewake of violence either.
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Nate told me about checking his foxholes at zero-dark-thirty one morning, expecting to see two Marines awake and one sleeping in each hole.
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Just as there are proverbially no atheists in foxholes, it's increasingly difficult to be a local politician in coastal Florida and deny the sea is rising.
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These young Jordanian soldiers hiding out in foxholes, defending their positions, often end up spending time with refugees who have arrived in the line of fire.
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In Bannon's vision, family dinner tables, spaceships, and foxholes are the only honorable places in the world; everywhere else is a pit of hedonism and laziness.
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Words like "racism" have a tendency to shut down conversations and have all parties retreating to their respective foxholes, with nothing resolved or even meaningfully addressed.
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More than 1,2003 Marines remain missing from the Battle of Chosin alone; researchers say many were probably left in the foxholes where they fought and died.
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If not, they would tramp back to the foxholes where they had slept the night before and bail out the standing brown water with canteen cups.
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You can use that tool kit in set locations — especially around capture points — to build resupply stations, sandbag walls, barbed wire fences, tank deterrents, foxholes... you name it.
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And my arthritis, that started in the foxholes of Anzio, was eating away at my lower back now, and I couldn't feel much in my feet no more.
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The officer in charge was Deputy Inspector Seymour Pine, a World War II veteran who had fought in foxholes in Europe before he was injured by a land mine.
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The British began speaking of defensive "foxholes," dug not by foxes but by soldiers on the battlefield, a word that now may seem as old as shooting wars themselves.
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Under the guidance of the master weapon, these might disperse to attack individual enemy foxholes, or work together to hit a single target like a tank or a bunker simultaneously.
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At one dinner, he told of how he had pictures of himself as a boy wearing an Army uniform and digging tiny foxholes on the farm he lived on in Tennessee.
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They dig themselves foxholes, hoping they will be able to escape much of the messy business of living in the world, but then they get in so deep they can't get out.
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But late in the fighting, exhausted and outnumbered, the paratroopers managed to flank their foxholes, firing into the pit, wounding Bouck in the leg and striking his fellow soldier in the face, nearly killing him.
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According to a working paper published this week by Resul Cesur, Travis Freidman and Joseph Sabia, a trio of economists in America, there is some truth to the adage that there are no atheists in foxholes.
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WASHINGTON — The artillery barrage was so intense that the American commandos dived into foxholes for protection, emerging covered in flying dirt and debris to fire back at a column of tanks advancing under the heavy shelling.
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Soldiers, the only Israelis Mr. Gerim has ever seen this close, can be spotted through the smoke of burning tires, moving about in their foxholes atop tall sand berms, occasionally launching tear-gas barrages, sometimes using live fire.
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If life imitates art, and vice versa, then they are indicative of the fights women across the country are still facing -- an extension of the foxholes women have been sequestered in for decades and the trenches that divide us.
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"Over 50,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that delegates at the Republican convention in Cleveland should be allowed to carry guns Atheists in foxholes"NPR has sent its political reporters to 90-minute hostile-environment awareness training.
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Since the beginning of the Iraqi offensive two weeks earlier, they had spent most of the time burrowed in foxholes to escape the relentless American bombing and shelling by advancing Iraqi forces, and had passed days without sanitary facilities or food.
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We are just increasingly trapped in our foxholes on Capitol Hill, and I think this is what you get with the first-past-the-post electoral system where everybody is elected from a single-member district, and then whoever gets the most votes wins.
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In "Flights of Passage," he remembered how the end of the fighting was marked by the exuberance and aggression of firing off unexpended ammunition: "It wasn't safe to be out there, and some prudent pilots crawled under the Quonset hut, regretting that they hadn't dug foxholes," he wrote.
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What that means is that a generation of soldiers with more battlefield experience than any since World War II is getting back to basics: learning how to cook their own meals, cover their faces in camouflage paint, dig foxholes and latrines, lay concertina wire and live out of their rucksacks.
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They walk miles in 120 degree heat, carrying wood and water on their heads for cooking and cleaning; they dig foxholes to protect their families from aerial bombardment; they work in gold mines and fight on the front line as commanders, motivated by vengeance for their fallen sons and husbands.
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That's why you see headlines such as "Calling Jon Stewart: America Needs You Now More Than Ever" (the liberal website Daily Kos) or declarations like the one made by the former Variety editor Peter Bart, who said that "at the moment of truth" — this election — Mr. Colbert and Mr. Stewart "hid in their foxholes" by leaving Comedy Central.
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Near Foxholes Farm Foxholes is an eastern suburb of Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated to the north of the older Foxholes Farm, which over the years has served as the headquarters for the regional Eastern Hertfordshire Archaeological Group, which works in close collaboration with the Hertford Museum. The farm has a shop and café. The modern housing estate sits on the site of an old gravel pit, known as Foxholes Quarry.
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The name "Butterwick" means 'Butter specialised-farm'. Butterwick was formerly a township in the parish of Foxholes, from 1866 Butterwick was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished to create Foxholes parish on 1 April 1935.
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During the Second World War, trenches, ditches, foxholes and Dragon's teeth (fortification) were used extensively.
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Photo accompanying article captioned "A four-star who knows his foxholes". Newsweek. November 14, 1983.
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As the company advanced it came under fire from foxholes on the edge of the village. A 2-inch mortar knocked out a light machine gun. The foxholes were outflanked and taken out with hand grenades and bayonets. The Japanese withdrew, leaving 30 dead behind.
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The statement "There are no atheists in foxholes" is an aphorism used to argue that in times of extreme stress or fear, such as during war ("in foxholes"), all people will believe in, or hope for, a higher power (and there are therefore no atheists).
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A number of shelters (type SK10) and prepared foxholes were provided for the close-in defense troops.
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It is next to the Foxholes and Pinehurst housing estates, and bridges the gap between Hertford Heath and Hertford.
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Surprise was essential to avoid comparatively simple anti-personnel explosive countermeasures previously used to discourage Italian frogmen in the Mediterranean. Experiments were conducted with underwater foxholes of concrete pipe with steel doors. Preliminary tests with dogs indicated these foxholes would reduce the effects of nearby explosions. Plans were made for larger reinforced concrete stations capable of sheltering six to eighteen men.
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Pauline Kröber, Marie-Goot Schirmer and Pauline's granddaughter, Jacqueline travel to Munich. Pauline, Marie-Goot and Jacqueline arrive at Foxholes and meet Frau Ries, who tells them it is better to stay at the villa than head to the registry office now for wedding. Everyone arrives at the Foxholes. Renate arrives with Herr Alois Brettschneider and says she has moved in with him.
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Steven Lee Myers, "A Nation Challenged: At U.S. Base; At Afghan Base, Marines Dig Foxholes and Spoil for a Fight", New York Times, December 2, 2001.
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Fifty men from Fusilier Regiment 27 of the 12th Volksgrenadier Division were dispatched to attack the American's southern flank through the woods. Just as Bouck was about to blow his whistle to indicate withdrawal, German soldiers penetrated their lines and began overrunning their foxholes. Several attackers were killed by grenades rigged to wires and triggered by Americans in their foxholes. Each of the positions spread out over the ridge top were overrun in turn.
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There are two major roads travelling through Callow Hill, Foxholes Lane and Callow Hill Lane, which is the major linking Redditch to Hanbury, Droitwich Spa, Pershore, Worcester and the M5.
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Department of Defense (DoD) demographics show that "Atheist" is selected as a religious preference (0.55% or less than 1 percent of the total DoD force) more than non-Christian options such as Agnostic (0.12%), Hindu (0.07%), Buddhist (0.38%), Muslim (0.24%), and Jewish (0.33%).militaryatheists.org, Military Religious Demographics Survey James Morrow has been quoted as saying "'There are no atheists in foxholes' isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes", as the mental state, or decisions, of an extremely frightened and desperate person can hardly be imagined to be more rational than those of a person in a calm state. Due to its opposition to the phrase, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has erected a monument to "Atheists in Foxholes".
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First Lieutenant Knight's official Medal of Honor citation reads: > He led his cavalry troop against heavy concentrations of enemy mortar, > artillery, and small arms fire. After taking the troop's objective and while > making preparations for a defense, he discovered a nest of Japanese > pillboxes and foxholes to the right front. Preceding his men by at least 10 > feet, he immediately led an attack. Single-handedly he knocked out 2 enemy > pillboxes and killed the occupants of several foxholes.
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Foxholes is a village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Foxholes with Butterwick. It lies where the B1249 road crosses the Great Wold Valley, south from Scarborough, north-west from Bridlington, and north-east from Sledmere. The course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes to the south of the village. Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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She has little gratitude for his help. At Foxholes, everyone gathers for the first time in a long while. The film-makers bury their creative differences and Hermann introduces Schnüsschen, Waltraud, to the group.
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In a story relayed many years later to his son, a US Marine digging foxholes during 1947 when the base was under attack by Chinese Communists found a box full of bones but reburied it.
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Kathleen Johnson, who founded the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers and served in Iraq, said that was "a denial of our contributions" and that "[a] lot of people manage to serve without having to call on a higher power."Rebecca Phillips, "Beliefwatch: Foxholes," Newsweek, August 21, 2006. American Atheists helped organize a campaign against the "no atheists in foxholes" claim. They gained approval by the US Department of Veterans Affairs for the logo of the American Atheists to be an allowed "emblem of belief" "for Placement on Government Headstones and Markers".
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These positions comprised shallow trenches and foxholes which were difficult to see. While there were only about 100 Japanese soldiers in the area, they moved their six machine guns frequently, making them difficult targets for American mortars and artillery.
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Throughout 4 August, Japanese pillboxes and foxholes were reduced by U.S. troops attacking with indirect fire support weapons and machine guns.Rentz, Marines in the Central Solomons, p. 93Stille, The Solomons 1943–44: The Struggle for New Georgia and Bougainville, pp.
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Accessed Nov-22-2009. The quote is also referenced when discussing the opposite effect — that warfare causes some soldiers to question their existing belief in God due to the death and violence around them.Allen, Joshua. There Are No Atheists in Foxholes.
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Croft leaves to find his commanding officer. Once they’ve begun to settle in on the beach, the Japanese begin to attack. The squad splits up. Cpl. Toglio, Hennessey, and Ridges have completed their foxholes, so they stay on the beach.
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Allen remarked in 2000 that women "should not be in foxholes", and that "[t]he purpose of the armed services is not to be a social experiment". A 2000 candidate-guide published by the Virginian-Pilot reiterated this stance of Allen's.
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When the leading Civil Guard battalion came within of the south end of Ap Bac, the VC opened fire from their foxholes and immediately killed the leading company's commander and wounded the task force commander.Truong, p. 359 Task Force A's momentum was stopped when the soldiers of the leading Civil Guard battalion sought shelter in a dike, where they tried unsuccessfully to outflank the VC. During that time, artillery support was ineffective, as Civil Guard forward observers would not stand up to observe the fall of artillery rounds. Consequently, one artillery round after another fell behind VC positions, instead of on their foxholes.
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His squad's advance was halted by enemy hostile fire coming from five different emplacements. Rodriguez then took it upon himself to destroy these emplacements. He charged the emplacements and hurled grenades into each of the foxholes. Rodriguez destroyed the emplacements and killed 15 enemy soldiers.
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When charges are used to dig foxholes, an improvised blasting mat made from whole tires tied together with rope to reduce noise and fly rock, is recommended in the A Soldiers Handbook (United States). A tarp may also be used as a blasting blanket.
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Jason Torpy is president of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (MAAF), an advocacy group focused on non-religious service members and veterans. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and a Humanist Celebrant who works to increase the visibility of "atheists in foxholes".
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The sandy soil precluded the digging of foxholes and there was no time to construct anything more elaborate, so there was little to no protection from wooden splinters created by artillery and tank HE shells, which the Soviet forces deliberately aimed to explode at tree-top height.
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The lines went through the hills and were made of trenches and foxholes. The first line was supported by a second line about 0.33 mi (0.5 km) to the north, and a third line was planned to be built 0.25 mi (0.4 km) north of the second.
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They paraphrased Harvard professor Jeffrey Frankel, who originally wrote in the Cato Journal a year earlier, "They say 'there are no atheists in foxholes.' Perhaps, then, there are also no libertarians in crises." The sentence is also quoted in the Gustav Hasford's novel The Short-Timers.
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Jump out of your foxholes and fight!’ Menéndez said: 'My general, you do not know what we are fighting here.’ ” The Welsh Argentine who fought the British. A choirmaster in Patagonia describes how he was conscripted by the junta to take part in its Falklands campaign.
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The foxholes were deep enough for one man to stand up, or big enough to accommodate a two-man machine gun crew. Behind the foxhole line, the irrigation dike enabled VC units to communicate with each other. In short, the VC enjoyed a great advantage over any attacking force.
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Heavy and continuous suppressive fire keeps an opponent in a defensive posture (hunkered in their foxholes instead of taking aimed shots) and therefore limits the enemy's overall firepower. Suppressive fire also prevents the enemy from properly assessing the attack and organizing a coherent and coordinated defense or counter-attack.
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The Americans later referred to this day as "Dugout Sunday" because the continuous Japanese air, naval, and artillery attacks kept many of the Lunga defenders in their foxholes and shelters throughout the day.Lundstrom, Guadalcanal Campaign, pp. 343–52; Frank, Guadalcanal, pp. 359–61; Miller, Cactus Air Force, pp.
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The KPA troops came right up to the foxholes without either side firing a shot. Hudspeth ordered his platoon to surrender without a fight as it was far outnumbered and outgunned. The KPA quickly took the mortarmen captive. Estimates of the number captured range from 31 to 42.
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Soldiers dug in on Valerie abandoned their foxholes and went to the aid of their Japanese comrades on Bergner. At this point A company advanced catching the Japanese in open ground. The Japanese withdrew to the lower slopes. A and D company then dug in on Valerie and Bergner.
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The Yorkshire Wolds is a rolling landscape, flat sections are few. There is an accumulated ascent of and of accumulated descent. Heading east, the steeper gradients are the climbs from Foxholes and from Settrington. Here the route climbs a scarp slop to its high point at Settrington Beacon.
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Lee, with his right arm still in a cast, shot two enemy soldiers on his way to the top. When he reached the top, he noticed that the other side of the hill was covered with enemy foxholes facing the other way in expectation of an attack from the road, but the foxholes were now empty and the enemy soldiers were over away in rout because of the fearfully sudden 1st Battalion attack from their rear. Following this success, communication was established with nearby Fox Company on Fox Hill. 1st Battalion directed mortar fire against the enemy and called in an airstrike, then Lee led Baker Company forward in an attack which forced a path to Fox Company.
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The Buckley Brook runs southerly along Buckley's eastern fringe until it discharges into Hey Brook, a tributary of the River Roch. Buckley Brook is so named because it passes through Buckley.. There is a mixture of suburbs, semi- rural and rural locations in Buckley—which has no formal boundary—and is fringed by Great Howarth (to the northeast), Low Hill and Smallbridge (to the east), Howarth Cross (to the southeast), Fieldhouse and Wardleworth (to the south), Cronkeyshaw and Foxholes (to the southwest), Nook Farm (to the west), Healey (to the north east), and Birchin Head and rural land (to the north). Foxholes and Fieldhouse have been documented as being a part of Buckley.
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Den, after supposedly killing a few children, returns to kill Cassandra. He stabs her in the chest with the crucifix-knife. He taunts her about pulling the knife out so she can kill him. She doesn't and he feels that this is proof of the "no atheist in foxholes" theory.
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Six times Ouellette leaped from his foxhole to escape grenades thrown into it. In this close action Ouellette was killed. Most of the foxholes of the perimeter received one or more direct mortar hits in the course of the continuing mortar fire. One of these killed Schmitt on September 3.
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They then hold their ground to give Alexey and his group enough time to get away. Meanwhile, Victor Smirnov is in Moscow. He is sent to a nearly completed defence line . Receiving reports of German forces nearby, he is forced to hold out with a chain of dugouts and foxholes.
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Dickering consisted of the parishes of Argam, Bempton, Bessingby, Boynton, Bridlington, Burton Agnes, Burton Fleming, Carnaby, Flamborough, Folkton, Foston on the Wolds, Foxholes, Ganton, Garton on the Wolds, Hunmanby, Kilham, Langtoft, Lowthorpe, Muston, Nafferton, Reighton, Rudston, Ruston Parva, Thwing, Willerby and Wold Newton, and part of the parish of Filey.
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In Yachats, foxholes and gun emplacements were installed along the ocean drive. Military personnel were housed in a local skating rink and the Ladies Club was rented for recreation. After the war, the U.S. Coast Guard discovered Japanese mines that had floated onto the beaches. These were hauled out to sea and destroyed.
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Langtoft is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated north of Driffield town centre, and on the B1249 road between Driffield and Foxholes. According to the 2011 UK census, Langtoft parish had a population of 492, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 457.
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Meanwhile, the inexperienced troops are sent directly into the front lines, where they dig foxholes and prepare for Rommel's attack. The Allied general masses his artillery where he guesses the Germans will strike. His gamble pays off. Under cover of a sandstorm, they attack exactly where the general predicted and head directly at MacRoberts' men.
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Clarissa goes with Volker to get the cello fixed. Bumping into Waltraud, she introduces baby Simone to her, now four months old. Alex ponders the philosophy of how to enter Foxholes legally, while Helga herself breaks in with friends. At 12:30am, at her father's office, Elisabeth accidentally fires her father's revolver into his chair.
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Most of the buildings became uninhabitable, and the French had to abandon them and live in foxholes. Supplies of cigarettes had by now run out, trying the defenders' nerves still further. Sleep became increasingly difficult, and in daytime most French soldiers not on duty at the perimeter wall were busy digging additional inner defences.
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Hertford Vale Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School is situated in the centre of the village and serves primary school and pre-school children from the village as well as the nearby villages of Flixton, Foxholes, Ganton and Folkton. The school opened in September 1989, replacing Willerby School which had opened in 1878.
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With this in mind, he told the RLI paratroopers to advance quickly on foot and take out the anti- aircraft guns up ahead. The 24 men from 2 Commando charged the anti-aircraft positions as RhAF Hawker Hunters flew in overhead at , strafing the FRELIMO–ZANLA lines. The guerrillas retreated into well-camouflaged foxholes as the Rhodesians moved forward.
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Ansgar searches for Olga in the library, but wakens the sleeping Evelyne. He comes enchanted by her voice, and later Evelyne sings along to Hermann and Helga's music piece. Clarissa herself becomes jealous of Hermann's attention towards the other women, and leaves the Foxholes. Realising he could be losing Clarissa, Hermann scribbles a note confessing his love for her.
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On 23 August 1965, Elisabeth with Gattinger, show a conveyancer around at the Foxholes. The council want to buy the land and build 150 flats in its place. Elisabeth realises it will bury her guilt, and they are offered enough money for rest of life and to travel the world. Juan puts the finishing touches on his mosaic.
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Ellis and the remaining men stayed in their foxholes on the hill for two days, repelling several attacks in that time. Ellis was then able to withdraw south, up the mountain to the 3rd Battalion's position. In his withdrawal, Ellis, discovering a man who had been injured earlier in a mine explosion, entered the mine field to rescue him.
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The Chinese attacked 1/32's position, but were destroyed by artillery and airstrikes. The weather conditions deteriorated rapidly. The temperature plunged as low as -30 degrees F (-34 C), as heavy snow fell, impeding mobility. Visibility was low and the troops were suffering from the intense cold (several men froze to death in their foxholes).
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Security was on a tight basis with soldiers only being informed at the last minute. A movement order was accompanied by a thorough cleanup of the area to hide traces of the unit. Trenches, foxholes and other fortifications were generally camouflaged for later reuse. Once on the move, an advanced recon team preceded the main body.
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The French route to Abomey After the defeat at Poguessa, the Fon resorted to guerilla tactics rather than set-piece engagements. It took the French invasion force a month to march the between Poguessa and the last major battle at Cana just outside Abomey. The Fon fought from foxholes and trenches to slow the French invasion.
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The major landowner is Loudham Estates, based at Foxcote Farm. Foxholes, a woodland nature reserve sloping down to the River Evenlode with year-round colour and wildlife interest, is adjacent to Foscot. It is noted for its spring bluebells and abundant bat and bird life and is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
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Gaps between dug-in squads may be left, but covered by fire. The placing of the machine gun was key to the German squad defence, which was given several alternative positions, usually being placed apart. Pairs of soldiers were deployed in foxholes, trenches, or ditches. The pair stood close together in order to communicate with each other.
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The frontoviki had to live, fight and die in small circular foxholes dug into the earth with enough room for one or two men. Slit trenches connected what the Germans called "Russian holes". The soldiers were usually not issued blankets or sleeping bags, even in the winter.Rottman, Gordon Soviet Rifleman 1941-45, London: Osprey 2007 page 48.
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The Gazebo, on Foxholes Lane, is Callow Hill's village hall. It is also used as a polling station. Very occasionally village meetings are held but only a maximum of twenty-thirty people can attend because the Gazebo is so small. Situated near the Gazebo is the Callow Hill village pond, which is surrounded by trees and greenery.
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In case he had to pull back, he chose Elsenborn Ridge as his defensive line. General Walter E. Lauer, commanding the 99th Infantry Division, was charged with building up the defenses around Elsenborn Ridge. Lauer knew his front was extremely long and very thinly manned; he gave instructions to his division to dig in and build cover for their foxholes.
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Company K of the 41st Infantry met the enemy at bayonet point. The next morning, more than a hundred dead Japanese were found within 150 yards of the main line of resistance. Some of the bodies, were found only a few yards away from the Filipinos' foxholes who suffered only light casualties. The Japanese effort to penetrate the USAFFE line had failed.
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Ansgar feels smothered by them as they want him to succeed with his poems and paintings. Ansgar feels like a failure, and confesses to Evelyne that he is on drugs and wants to quit medicine. At the Foxholes, everyone is preparing for a costume party. Dorli, Helga's friend from home helps repair the lights, much to the amazement of the others.
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Hermann starts to teach Tommy the piano. Five weeks later, Hermann returns to Munich. He picks up a new guitar and at the Foxholes is greeted by Alex and his friends, eating a cake sent to him from Helga, Dorli and Marianne. Clarissa sits in the garden with her wrists bandaged up, but does not reveal why when Hermann asks.
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They lay huddled in foxholes, unable to > move. They all had the thousand-yard stare of men who'd seen too much > fighting, too much death. Burke dragged up a 57 mm recoilless rifle and shot three rounds at the closest enemy bunker. The bunker itself was a wooden-fronted structure covering a cave, which was dug into the overall hillside.
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Jackson, Gabriel. The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931–1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. 1967. p. 458 In many zones, the terrain was too hard to dig trenches or foxholes, and as the August heat became unbearable (on 4 August it was 37 degrees in the shade), the shortages of water and food grew worse for the Republican troops.Beevor, Antony. (2006).
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The Leyland Campus has 12 buildings plus a student services center, three sports courts and a public restaurant alongside the numerous student restaurants. Runshaw's buildings are named after areas of the Lake District. There are currently 10 educational buildings and two student services and study buildings. Dalehead is also the home to the Foxholes restaurant, which closed in 2018 due to budget cuts.
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In 1878 Reeve published a popular biography Petrarch. A purist in point of form and style, of the school of Thomas Macaulay and Henry Hart Milman, Reeve outlived his literary generation, and became one of the most reactionary of old Whigs. Yet he continued to edit and maintain the reputation of the Edinburgh until his death at his seat of Foxholes, in Hampshire.
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Bould Wood is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Shipton-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire. An area of is Foxholes nature reserve, which is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. This site is mainly ancient semi-natural woodland, but it also has two streams, a pond and a wet meadow. The lower plant flora is diverse.
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Their reliance on atmospheric oxygen makes them unsuitable for use underwater, at high altitude, and in adverse weather. They are, however, considerably more destructive when used against field fortifications such as foxholes, tunnels, bunkers, and caves—partly due to the sustained blast wave and partly by consuming the oxygen inside. Many types of thermobaric weapons can be fitted to hand-held launchers.
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They remained there until 4:00pm while taking continuous artillery, machine gun, and rifle fire. 1st Battalion advanced with the tanks which were dispersed at intervals. The tanks drew most of the artillery fire from German guns positioned about to the east. The Marines advanced steadily as they passed through the forward foxholes of 23rd Infantry into the wheat fields.
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According to Isaacs, "The army did not collapse in its foxholes or for lack of supplies. It disintegrated when its senior officers...deserted it." Key to the defeat of South Vietnam was the ability of the officers and men of the PAVN. The highly motivated and newly modernized PAVN was, for the first time, freed from the restraints of previous combat doctrine.
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George, pp. 102, 106–108 The 2nd's efforts to improve its position were made more difficult by the hard coral underneath the hill's sod, which made the digging of foxholes difficult. The remainder of the 2nd Battalion, carrying ammunition, food, and medical supplies, reached Hill 27 and joined the battle, where they soon gained combat superiority over the attacking Japanese.George, pp.
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1st Lt. Murray > directed fire of this weapon, causing further casualties and confusion in > the German ranks. Calling on his patrol to follow, he then moved out toward > his original objective, possession of a bridge and construction of a > roadblock. He captured 10 Germans in foxholes. An eleventh, while pretending > to surrender, threw a grenade which knocked him to the ground, inflicting 8 > wounds.
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Upon touch-down, the player has to overcome several obstacles, including enemy soldiers and officers, mine fields, foxholes and bunkers. Due to limited ammunition, the player needs to plan his path through the territory. The dropped ammo crates provide the soldier with fresh hand grenades and ammo. After completing the mission, the Ranger has to navigate to a pick-up point within a time limit.
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See, for example: There have, however, been examples to the contrary, among them examples of literal "atheists in foxholes". Some atheists have challenged the need for the term "atheism". In his book Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris wrote: > In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs > to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or a "non-alchemist".
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They feel a sense of pride when discovering Nazi propaganda reels, as they have history in their hands. After attending a musical performance, the students gather at a bar where Clemen's jazz band is playing. Hermann tries to chat up Clarissa and Juan has made the acquaintance Elisabeth Cerphal, who invites the crowd back to her villa, the Foxholes. Clarissa sings to Volker's piano piece.
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Emmi shows Evelyne photographs of Lieselotte, who very closely resembles her daughter. Evelyne then follows her parents footsteps, and while thinking of their love and where she could have been conceived, Ansgar surprises her with his constant negative feelings towards his parents. Yet, she still adores him. Hermann and Clarissa break into the Foxholes and rehearse a cello concerto, that Hermann wrote for her.
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Helga finds herself caught up in a riot, as youths protest against the arrest of three musicians. Hermann is chased by policemen and they destroy his guitar, which is viewed as symbols of nonconformism by the police. Hermann returns to Foxholes and furiously plays the piano. Helga arrives with a wounded wrist and Elisabeth compares the situation to the Nazi era which erupts Hermann's anger.
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Juan is with Annikki, who teaches German. Pauline has brought 14 carat rings for Hermann and Waltraud and says their son Robertchen has taken over the family jewellery shop. In the dining room, Stefan swaps his name tag on the table with Juan’s girlfriend, Annikki, so he does not have to sit next to Helga. Evelyne arrives at the Foxholes with her African boyfriend.
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Back at the hospital Herr Cerphal tells Elisabeth to rip apart a document which he claims in a sham contract. He tells her that if anyone tries to take claim of the Foxholes she has to kick them out. Questioning who he might mean, Herr Cerphal tells Elisabeth if it is any of the Goldbaum's relatives. Herr Cerphal tells Elisabeth to finish her studies.
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Excavation of dirt was from the rear, hiding telltale traces of the digging. Only a direct hit by an artillery shell or bomb could kill troops inside such holes. Behind the line of foxholes, the Viet Cong utilized and improved an irrigation ditch, allowing them concealed movement, communication and transmission of supplies on foot or by sampan. Most of these fighting positions were invisible from the air.
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The entire route is on road, along quiet country lanes. The western end is at Kirkham, North Yorkshire, where it joins the north western end of NCN 167. It passes through the town of Norton-on-Derwent and then the villages of Settrington, Duggleby, Kirby Grindalythe, Sledmere, Weaverthorpe and Foxholes on its way to its eastern end at Hunmanby. Here it meets NCN 1.
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Middelbrook, p.339 The perimeter was not a complete defensive line but a collection of defensive pockets in houses and foxholes surrounding the centre of Oosterbeek, with the divisional headquarters at the Hotel Hartenstein at its centre. The perimeter was roughly around and was defended by approximately 3,600 men. Despite the Germans' best efforts, the line would remain roughly unchanged for the next five days,Evans, p.
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As 2nd Battalion began moving east through the wheat fields, a heavy artillery barrage opened up. The advance was slower than normal as they kept pace with the tanks they were following. As soon as they passed through the front line they began taking machine gun fire from the elevations to the east and north. They advanced until 9:30am where they occupied abandoned German foxholes.
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The school is in Barangay Ilihan which got its name from the word "Alihan" whose meaning is to barricade. During World War II, Filipino guerrillas had foxholes in this barangay to prevent the Japanese from attacking Toledo City. There were also barricades made of stones which were used as shields. The area is an ideal place to hide the natives from the Japanese invaders.
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50-caliber machine gun from one of the burning tracks of Festa's unit were killed, as were others trying to storm the foxholes containing the wounded. While fighting continued, part of Festa's unit were trying to evacuate their wounded. Meanwhile, Haszard travelled in an APC followed by another bearing his command group as they tried to move into the perimeter. Close to the perimeter, Haszard's APC was disabled by VC fire.
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The fighting on the beachhead at Iwo Jima was very fierce. The advance of the Marines was stalled by numerous defensive positions augmented by artillery pieces. There, the Marines were ambushed by Japanese troops who occasionally sprang out of tunnels. At night, the Japanese left their defenses under cover of darkness to attack American foxholes, but U.S. Navy ships fired star shells to deny them the cover of darkness.
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He then > moved ahead of the foremost scouts, personally leading the attack, until > confronted by a boobytrapped double concertina obstacle. With the assistance > of the scouts, he disconnected the explosives and cut a path through the > wire. Upon moving through the opening, he observed 3 enemy in foxholes whom > he captured at bayonet point. Driving steadily forward he paced the assault > against 3 log bunkers which housed mutually supported automatic weapons.
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Surprisingly, the Germans did not simply kill the defenders in their foxholes. Bouck was pulled from his foxhole by an officer with a machine gun, and he thought he would be shot when the German put his weapon in his back and pulled the trigger; it was empty. Both Bouck and the German officer were then struck by bullets. The German fell seriously wounded, while Bouck was struck in the calf.
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The 32nd Div. in WW II On March 20, 1945, Villegas was ordered to lead his squad in an advance which would result in the taking of a hill. They confronted an enemy which was entrenched and who attacked them with heavy machinegun and rifle fire. He led his men towards the crest of the hill and then upon his own initiative attacked five enemy foxholes, killing all of its occupants.
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In retirement, Kennedy became a Director of Dowty Group.UK: Filling in the foxholes – Ex- military men in the arms trade Management Today, 1 May 1992 He served as controller of the RAF Benevolent Fund from 1988 to 1993 during which time more than £20 million was raised. He served as Deputy Lieutenant of LeicestershireBurke's Peerage and later became Lord Lieutenant of Rutland. He died on 18 November 2013.
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Completely surprised, the Japanese mounted a disorganized defense, but the Soviets were unable to exploit this properly; inexperienced in amphibious landings, the naval infantrymen indulged in uncoordinated advances inland instead of focusing on the primary objective of establishing a secure beachhead of sufficient depth to bring artillery and mortars ashore. By 0530, the Japanese had manned machine guns in pillboxes and foxholes and begun to inflict heavy casualties on the Soviets.
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Joseph and Alice Kilgour, a wealthy Toronto couple, purchased 154 acres in the town of Leaside, Ontario and created Sunnybrook farm, where they raised horses and hosted fox hunts. In 1928, after Joseph's death, Alice M. Kilgour donated the Sunnybrook Farm to the City of Toronto in his memory, for use as a public park."Once Upon a City: From foxhunts to foxholes". Toronto Star, August 28, 2016.
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Though exposed to heavy enemy fire, he continued to attack with rifle and hand grenades and succeeded in destroying several enemy groups in foxholes and enemy snipers. Although wounded 3 times, he continued his attacks until he was killed after pushing alone far within the enemy position. When his body was found after recapture of the position, 1 enemy officer and 2 enemy soldiers lay dead around him.
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At the apartment Waltraud and Hermann pretend to be a soon-to-wed couple, and after being offered it they celebrate by visiting an expensive restaurant. They mildly complain to one another at the lack of food and high price. Afterwards they go back to the Foxholes and Hermann asks Waltraud to marry him, and she emotionally accepts. It is the day of Hermann and Waltraud's wedding, July 22, 1964.
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By this time many KPA troops had captured and occupied foxholes in the platoon position and from there threw grenades into other parts of the position. One of the grenades killed Roach early in the afternoon. Sergeant First Class Junius Poovey, a squad leader, now assumed command. By 18:00, Poovey had only 12 effective troops left in the platoon, 17 of the 29 men still living were wounded.
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During the action a psychological operations team circled overhead in a loudspeaker plane, broadcasting the message that further resistance would be futile and dropping safe conduct passes. On 22 February, 1/5th Cavalry moved in to find bunkers, foxholes, and trenches, but no live enemy. Although 41 bodies remained at the site, blood trails, bloody bandages and discarded weapons indicated that many more had been killed or wounded.
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Returning sick and wounded soldiers were treated in the Army's first permanent hospital, later renamed Letterman Army General Hospital. In 1914, troops under the command of General John Pershing departed the Presidio for the Mexican border in pursuit of Pancho Villa and his men. When the United States entered World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Presidio soldiers dug foxholes along nearby beaches. Fourth Army Commander Gen.
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Stanley talk about women and the other men in their squad. The assault begins, and as the platoon waits for their scheduled turn to come to the island, they nervously joke amongst themselves. Once the squad reaches the beach, they begin digging foxholes. Stanley picks a fight with Oscar Ridges and Red Valsen, but ultimately Red knows the time is not right for a fight, and he backs down.
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Castleden 1992, pp. 123-126 Although occupied, the area had a relatively low population in the Neolithic and early Bronze Age, perhaps because of its heavy, relatively poorly drained soil.Williamson 2000, p. 24. Nevertheless, just south of present-day Ware and Hertford there is some evidence of an increase in the population, with typical round huts and farming activity having been found at a site called Foxholes Farm.
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"We're riled up now." […] Jackaman gives the lie to the old saw that there are no atheists in foxholes. He did three tours of duty in the Middle East—two in the Golan Heights and one in Cyprus—with the Army signal corps. Far from igniting any spark of spirituality, his experience in the war-torn Middle East confirmed his belief that religious differences fan the flames of war.
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The guerrillas retreated into well-camouflaged foxholes as the Rhodesians moved forward. The RLI men were now joined by most of the Selous Scouts, who left their vehicles outside the town. Nearby buildings were swept for hidden guerrillas while 2 Commando bombed three bunkers, killing nine or ten FRELIMO fighters. With resistance at the town's border destroyed, the Scouts now advanced through it street by street, clearing it quickly, efficiently and ruthlessly.
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The German commander, Sepp Dietrich, had designated the road through Bütgenbach as the primary axis of advance. Weingartner, 1996, p. 96. They deployed the regiment in an arc of foxholes across two hills on a front around the crossroads. By December 18, the German Sixth Panzer Army had failed to move through Elsenborn against the 99th Infantry Division and 2nd Infantry Division and turned to the south to try to open the route through Bütgenbach.
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The rubber band grenade was another booby trap. To make this device, a Viet Cong guerrilla would wrap a strong rubber band around the spring-loaded safety lever of a hand grenade and remove the pin. The grenade was then hidden in a hut. American and South Vietnamese soldiers would burn huts regularly to prevent them from being inhabited again, or to expose foxholes and tunnel entrances, which were frequently concealed within these structures.
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L Company, at the pass, was heavily engaged with the KPA forces higher on the hill. The company's 1st Platoon sustained a direct assault on its foxholes, with two members of the company killed by bayonets. L Company was separated from the rest of the battalion by KPA forces advancing on its position further up the ridge. K Company attempted to move up to relieve it but was unable to do so.
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Per the report, the pro-ISIL fighters targeted and brutally killed Christians or anyone who couldn't recite Shahada (profession of Muslim faith). Victims of pro-ISIL fighters were either held hostage or killed. Amnesty International documented at least 25 extrajudicial killings at their hands. Hostages were tortured and abused, made to forage for food, collected and buried cadavers, dug foxholes for fighters, made IEDs, were forced to fight the Army or used as sex slaves.
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Tower Hamlets spur overlooked the ground south towards Zandvoorde. The upper valleys of the Reutelbeek and Polygonebeek further north offered a commanding view of the German counter-attack assembly areas in the low ground north of the Menin road. The a large mound in Polygon Wood was part of the and had been fortified with dugouts and foxholes. The Butte gave observation of the east end of the Gheluvelt Plateau towards Becelaere and Broodseinde.
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Helga states that Corpus Christi Day, 1962 is a day she will never forget. The weather has been very hot for past several days, and a storm is coming. Hermann is now living the Foxholes, and has been giving piano lessons to young spoilt Tommy, the son of a designer and actress, for almost a year at their penthouse. They invite Hermann along on their family holiday to Sylt, to continue teaching Tommy.
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Because of her absence, he had to re-write the entire concert. Clarissa asks him for eight-hundred marks, to which he denies as he does not even have enough money for rent. Hermann does not understand why she does not ask Volker or Jean-Marie, as both are from wealthy families. Now working as a tourist guide, Schnüsschen who now calls herself Waltraud, and turns up at Foxholes looking for Hermann.
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She hopes to find Volker or Jean-Marie but with no luck. She cries, realising she is alone during Christmas and visits Foxholes, to which sees Hermann alone in the house. Hermann cuts his hand gathering firewood and Clarissa binds the wound with the bandages from her wrists. They huddle together under a blanket by the stove, but she is hurt when Hermann declares his love for Waltraud and they will marry in the Spring.
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Elisabeth has allowed Juan to stay with her at the Foxholes, where he keeps himself occupied laying a mosaic of an Inca god in the garden. Frau Reis is concerned that Herr Cerphal, Elisabeth's father, is dying. Elisabeth visits her father at the hospital, stealing flowers from outside and proudly tells her father about her audacity. Elisabeth tells him that Evelyne has become a real artist and will be singing at the Parisian Opera soon.
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Juan arrives back to the Foxholes as police men escort Elisabeth home. Elisabeth fears she will lose everything she loves and claims she has never seen a dead body, not even in the war, to which Juan says maybe she will soon. Upon arriving back to Germany from America, Clarissa is greeted at the airport by her mother and Dr. Kirchmeier. Clarissa discovers her cello has broken during the flight and weeps.
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When used as a part of an incendiary weapon, napalm can cause severe burns (ranging from superficial to subdermal), asphyxiation, unconsciousness, and death. In this implementation, napalm fires can create an atmosphere of greater than 20% carbon monoxide and firestorms with self-perpetuating winds of up to . Napalm is effective against dug-in enemy personnel. The burning incendiary composition flows into foxholes, trenches and bunkers, and drainage and irrigation ditches and other improvised troop shelters.
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The small sub-sections would be slightly separated, thus decreasing the effect of enemy fire. If the enemy did not immediately mobilize, the second stage of defense, entrenching, was employed. These trenches were constructed behind the main line where soldiers could be kept back under cover until they were needed. The defensive firefight was conducted by the machine gun at an effective range while riflemen were concealed in their foxholes until the enemy assault.
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The basic equipment issued to the firefighting associations was incapable of extinguishing fires started by M69s. Few air raid shelters had been constructed, though most households dug crude foxholes to shelter in near their homes. Firebreaks had been created across the city in an attempt to stop the spread of fire; over 200,000 houses were destroyed as part of this effort. Rubble was often not cleared from the firebreaks, which provided a source of fuel.
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The foxholes which had been dug near most homes offered no protection against the firestorm, and civilians who sheltered in them were burned to death or died from suffocation. Charred remains of Japanese civilians after the raid Thousands of the evacuating civilians were killed. Families often sought to remain with their local neighborhood associations, but it was easy to become separated in the conditions. Few families managed to stay together throughout the night.
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During 2 > such attacks, Lt. Col. Page exposed himself on the airstrip to direct fire > on the enemy, and twice mounted the rear deck of a tank, manning the machine > gun on the turret to drive the enemy back into a no man's land. On 3 > December while being flown low over enemy lines in a light observation > plane, Lt. Col. Page dropped hand grenades on Chinese positions and sprayed > foxholes with automatic fire from his carbine.
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Lt. Henshaw had been the first American to land on Los Negros in the first wave, leading his platoon ashore through the narrow ramp of a Higgins boat. As nightfall approached, the troopers began preparations for what they knew was coming; a counterattack. In the darkness around 0200 in the morning, the Japanese infiltrated the 5th Cavalry's perimeter. Hand-to-hand fighting broke out near some foxholes and tough fighting raged the next day and through the night.
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Aldworth, painted by Helen AllinghamAside from its height and its wild beauty, Blackdown is best known as the site of the poet's houses, Aldworth and Foxholes. Keen to escape the summer 'trippers' who came to his Isle of Wight home, Farringford House, Tennyson purchased Blackdown, and built Aldworth in 1869. The French-style Gothic revival house was designed by Sir James Knowles, built of local sandstone. It stands on a ridge overlooking the Weald, with magnificent views.
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St Mary's Church, Foxholes Foxhole's Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Mary, and is an 1866 limestone and sandstone construction by George Fowler Jones Pevsner describes this neo-Norman church as: "one of the ugliest in the Riding... The north pier's are grotesque, with their undersized shafts on their over-high bases and their big square foliage capitals... Font: obstrusively Norman". He also notes several windows by Capronnier, and a 1720 cup by William Gamble.
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Due to lack of funds, almost none of the völgyzár had been completed. Most of them had significantly less manpower, barbed wire, firearms, and heavy weapons than featured in the official specifications (between 60-80% readiness). Without the effort by Ruthenian and Szekler volunteers, the Hungarian armed forces would not have been able to complete any of the forts. A portion of the unbuilt shelters was replaced with foxholes, and a few völgyzár lacked anti- tank trenches.
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The 2nd Battalion's APCs were placed at intervals around the base perimeter. The areas between the APCs were protected by foxholes manned by infantry, engineers, and artillerymen. Just after sunset, the troops on the perimeter fired their weapons to test their readiness and put on a show of force to any VC in the vicinity. Ambush patrols and listening posts left the perimeter of the base for their sentry positions in the surrounding jungle for the night.
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They have been having casual sex. Renate admits to him she knows she is a stopgap and that Juan cannot get anywhere in life, just like her. When she asks him if she can become a decent actress, he bluntly replies no and shakes his head when she asks if he believes in her talent. Hermann invites his friends back to the Foxholes for celebration after the concert, but is very disappointed when no one shows, only Waltraud.
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Arriving back to the Foxholes at 2am, Elisabeth discovers Helga leading a group of student protesters, wanting to co-ordinate a plan of action against the government's proposed Emergency Laws. Elisabeth confronts Helga, but Helga asserts it was similar bourgeois complacency that allowed the Nazis to seize power. Frau Reis announces Herr Cerphal died at 12:30am. Elisabeth realises that was the same time she fired the gun and feeling somehow culpable, orders the students to leave.
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To enhance their mobility during a defensive battle, numerous air-raid shelters, bunkers and trenches were pre-built in advance around an area of operations. This involved an enormous amount of labor but proved their value in maneuvering under ARVN/US attacks. Foxholes dug by VC troops during the victorious Battle of Ap Bac are testimony to the insurgents almost religious dedication to field fortifications. The holes were dug so deep that a man could stand inside.
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Leeds City Council (2008) Methley Church Side Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Plan The village has a history of coal mining. At one stage there were five mines in operation in the village – Savile Colliery, Methley Junction, Foxholes (Scholey Hill), Newmarket, and Newmarket Silkstone. The last pit (Saville Colliery) closed in the mid-1980s. Part of the village (the area south and west of the M62 motorway) was ceded to the City of Wakefield Metropolitan district council in the 1990s.
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Drury, 2009, p. 262 Suddenly pinned down by heavy enemy fire coming from a rocky hill, Lee refused to be delayed in his mission. He directed the men to attack the hill with "marching fire", a stratagem used by General George S. Patton in which troops continue to advance as they apply just enough suppressive fire to keep the enemy's heads down. Upon reaching the rocky hill, Lee and the battalion charged, attacking enemy soldiers in their foxholes.
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Land use in the area is mainly for settlements or farming, with a small wood and disused quarry on top of Staxton Hill. Adjoining Staxton is the smaller village of Willerby. To the north is the village of Seamer, to the east is the village of Flixton, to the south is the village of Foxholes and to the west are the villages of Ganton and Sherburn. Nearby are the towns of Scarborough and Filey, the nearest city is York.
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The blast wave destroys reinforced buildings and equipment and kills and injures people. The antipersonnel effect of the blast wave is more severe in foxholes and tunnels, and in enclosed spaces, such as bunkers and caves. Fuel–air explosives were first developed by the United States for use in Vietnam. In response, Soviet scientists quickly developed their own FAE weapons, which were reportedly used against China in the Sino-Soviet border conflict, and against the Mujahideen in Afghanistan.
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Following several reconnaissance patrols, Hitchcock finalised plans for the assault. On the evening of 30 June they formed up in a creek just south of Cape Dinga. 5 Platoon under Lieutenant Charles Bishop was tasked with securing the heights, while 4 Platoon under Sergeant Bob MacIlwain would attack the two Bassis villages and capture the Japanese telescope located there. On 1 July a patrol moving along the beach to Nassau Bay killed three Japanese in foxholes.
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The Marines at Koto-ri marveled at his courage and audacity. On one occasion, while being flown low over enemy lines in a light observation plane, Page ordered the pilot to fly lower while he dropped hand grenades on PVA positions and sprayed foxholes with his carbine. Page could have returned to the safety of Hamhung, but chose to stay with the garrison at Koto-ri, which was totally surrounded. When the withdrawal column started down from Koto-ri, Page was in it.
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Upon reaching land, he hid behind a sand dune before continuing. By nightfall, the division had reached half a mile inland and started settling into foxholes when the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions arrived to divert German attention. There was also discussion among Moore's division about General Dwight D. Eisenhower recalling them due to the lack of progress made at nearby Omaha Beach, though they stayed at Utah. After clearing the beach, Moore joined General George S. Patton at Périers, Manche.
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Although not provided for in the first phase of the battle when Company E advanced up the trail,Rentz 1946, p. 55. artillery preparation was later recognized as of prime importance against the Japanese system of defenses, with their well dug-in, concealed, and covered foxholes, equipped with a high percentage of automatic weapons, in turn covered by equally invisible riflemen in trees and spider-hole. Without strong fire support, severe losses would have been sustained by the attacking Marines.
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Truby called Lt. Col. Tom McKenna, senior advisor to the 44th ARVN Regiment, and told him to pull his men back and to have his troops find deep foxholes. As the hour for the B-52 strike approached, ARVN troops laid down cover fire to allow those in close proximity to the PAVN forces to be pulled back. At the same time the 44th Regiment was holding its own against the PAVN along its perimeter with the aid of AC-130s and helicopters.
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On May 11, 1943, the 7th Infantry Division landed at Holtz Bay, Attu, officially starting the Battle of Attu. On May 26, 32nd Infantry Regiment was engaged in combat in the vicinity of Fish Hook Ridge against enemy troops. The regiment was pinned down by enemy machine gun fire and Martinez on his own account led two assaults. He fired his Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) into the Japanese foxholes, killing five machine gunners, and the men of his unit followed.
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Wright, Iwo Jima 1945: The Marines Raise the Flag on Mount Suribachi, p. 26 This ash allowed for neither a secure footing nor the construction of foxholes to protect the Marines from hostile fire. However, the ash did help to absorb some of the fragments from Japanese artillery. The lack of a vigorous response led the Navy to conclude that their bombardment had suppressed the Japanese defenses and in good order the Marines began deployment to the Iwo Jima beach. Gen.
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The town of Pili was formally established in 1919 as a municipality. When the World War II broke out in 1941 the Japanese Imperial Army sent 3,000 soldiers to Pili due to the concentration of American developments in the town. They built tunnels, manmade caves, and foxholes all over the town which are still existent in the town today. The infrastructures of the war were mostly in the barangays of Cadlan, Curry, San Jose and even in the Centro area.
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Several times German soldiers attempted to penetrate the American lines. The Americans left their foxholes and in close combat fired on the attackers to push them back down the hill. At one point PFC Milsovech spotted a medic working on and talking to a soldier he felt certain was already dead. As mortar fire on his position got more accurate, Milsovech noticed a pistol on the supposed medic's belt, and decided he must be calling in fire on their position.
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After peaking into the concert Juan stands outside of the restaurant where Volker, Clarissa, Jean-Marie and Frau Lichtbeau are having dinner. Elisabeth enquires into doing a course that will impress her father before he dies. She discussed with Juan how her father took the Goldbaum’s house, the Foxholes, during war and how he claimed he would give it back after, which he did not. Elisabeth reminises about her deceased brothers, Peter and Arno and how her father called her the ‘grace note’.
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Taking a position > on a -high wall he delivered heavy rifle fire on the enemy. His ammunition > was soon expended and although wounded, he remained at his post and threw > his few grenades into the attackers causing many casualties. When his supply > of grenades was exhausted his comrades from nearby foxholes tossed others to > him and he left his position, braving a hail of fire, to retrieve and throw > them at the enemy. The attackers continued to assault his position and Pfc.
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On April 25, 1945, Gonzales' company found itself engaged in combat against Japanese forces at Villa Verde Trail on Luzon island in the Philippines. The Army Air Corps was using a tactic called "skip bombing" and were fusing the bombs for delayed action detonation to destroy the labyrinth of Japanese caves and tunnels in the northern Luzon campaign. This fusing allowed the bomb to bury itself deeply into the ground prior to detonation. This event trapped five American soldiers in their standing foxholes.
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There are enemies on every level, from simple infantry armed with rifles, mortars or rocket launchers to machine team teams, missile batteries and tanks. Most of the opponents are stationary and stolidly fire in a single direction; however, foxholes release cannon-fodder at a constant rate. To destroy such nests or to efficiently dispatch groups of soldiers, Arnie has a limited supply of grenades. Some dead foes drop more powerful weapons as well as invaluable first aid kits and extra lives.
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Arming a > second grenade, he held it for several seconds of the safe period and then > hurled it into the enemy position, where it exploded instantaneously, > destroying the gun and crew. He then moved toward the remaining gun, > throwing grenades into enemy foxholes as he advanced. Inspired by his > actions, 1 squad of his platoon joined him. After he had armed another > grenade and was preparing to throw it into the second machinegun position, 6 > enemy soldiers rushed at him.
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Over the ensuing five days, Warren remained off the bitterly contested beaches, her beach party lying pinned down in their foxholes ashore. "So perilous was the position on the Warren beach - the left flank of the assault", wrote Warren 's commanding officer, "that supplies could not be landed there." Time and time again, Warren's hospital corpsmen exposed themselves to enemy fire evacuating wounded Marines, and the ship's boat crews went to the reef's edge to pick up men under enemy mortar fire.
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The painting shows a man blocking foxholes so that a subsequent foxhunt could kill the fox without the animal having the opportunity to hide underground. This man was known as an Earthstopper. Joseph Wright was known for his studies under unusual lighting and this can be seen here combined with landscape. Wright completed few notable paintings that included landscapes before he went on his tour of Italy where he created a large number including those that showed the eruption of Vesuvias.
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Digging foxholes on the rocky ground was out of the question and each feature was exposed to fire from surrounding high points. The ravines were no better since the gorse growing there, far from giving cover, had been sown with mines, booby-traps and hidden barbed wire by the defenders. The Germans had had three months to prepare their defensive positions using dynamite and to stockpile ammunition and stores. There was no natural shelter and the weather was wet and freezing cold.
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Butterwick is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Foxholes (1.75 miles to the east, near the village of Weaverthorpe (2 miles to the west), in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. The village lies in the Great Wold Valley and the course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes through it. Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 77.
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Urban, limping and using a stick he made as a cane, reached the 2nd Battalion to find that the unit was checked by strong enemy opposition after their attack began. German machine guns and an anti-tank gun had them pinned down. He then got men moving again so they would not be killed in their foxholes and ditches. He helped a soldier pull a wounded and pinned- down Sherman tank driver out of his burning tank before it exploded.
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Only about of each pillbox was above ground with walls and roofs, constructed from logs and dirt, up to thick. Each pillbox contained one to two machine-guns and several riflemen; some were sited underneath huge jungle trees. Each of these pillbox emplacements was sited to provide mutual support to the others. Numerous foxholes and trenches provided additional support and cover for additional riflemen and machine-gunners. Behind the pillboxes, the Japanese had sited 81 mm and long-range 90mm mortars.
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On 18 August 1945, the Battle of Shumshu began as part of the Soviet invasion of the Kuril IslandsRussell, pp. 19, 30–31. when 8,824 Soviet troops of two Red Army rifle divisions and a Soviet Naval Infantry battalion stormed ashore on Shumshu, the first wave landing at 0430. Taken completely by surprise, the Japanese at first mounted a disorganized defense, but by 0530 had manned machine guns in pillboxes and foxholes and began to inflict heavy casualties on the Soviets,Russell, pp. 30–31.
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In the 1970s, due to an upsurge in terrorism, security was upgraded and razor wire was installed around the perimeter of Catterick Garrison. A section across the north western edge of the camp was bypassed because of its undulating nature. The section was an area of foxholes, slit trenches and gullies that were designed to test tank crews as part of their training. This small area was overgrown and had many moorland streams that came together to form Leadmill and Risedale Becks flowing through it.
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Taking advantage of the foxholes left by the previous unit, they dug them deeper so that two or three men could stand in them and fire from the concealed edges. They covered each hole with pine logs to thick. Their hilltop location was just inside the edge of a forest and overlooked a pasture bisected by a high barbed wire fence parallel to their location. Their position covered about along a shallow ridge line, about in enfilade position above the road and northwest of the village.
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That day the 17th Regiment gained about . On the 19th, the 1st Battalion seized Kapsan at 10:30 after a co-ordinated infantry, tank and artillery attack. In this action the 17th Tank Company overran KPA troops in their foxholes, while the heavy fire of the 15th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion 40mm weapons drove other North Koreans from log-covered trenches and pillboxes and then cut them down. Under cover of the combined fire of the tanks and the antiaircraft weapons, the infantry then crossed the river.
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After their marriage, the couple settled in Israel. Volcani smuggled in a small field-radar unit in his baggage. His wife remembers walking to the market in Rehovot, about one mile (1.6 km) from their house, and diving into foxholes along the road when pairs of small two-seater Arab planes came over on bombing runs. They came in low, each dropping its bomb as it flew off. The first bomb of the war fell on the street in front of the Volcani’s house.
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At her apartment, they bump into one another on the stairs and passionately kiss before being interrupted by a neighbour who escorts Hermann off the premises. Clarissa writes Hermann a letter simply stating she loves him, and leaves to post it with only his name and 'Munich' written on the envelope. Back at the Foxholes, Juan is looking through photo albums with Elisabeth. She reveals the villa once belonged to her father's Jewish partner, Uncle Goldbaum, until they helped smuggle him out of Germany in 1935.
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Alone in her father's office, Elisabeth opens the safe and finds old photos, including one of her father in Nazi Party uniform. She also finds a photograph of her best friend Edith Goldbaum, who Elisabeth believes died in the Dachau concentration camp, after being sent off in 1943. Elisabeth wonders if her father smuggled Uncle Goldbaum to Switzerland. Returning to the Foxholes, she confessed to Juan she has erased the past twenty years in her memory due to being ashamed of what happened during them.
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About from the main line of resistance, the advancing Marines hit the front of the enemy force. The Japanese, seeking cover from the artillery fire, had dug-in rapidly and, by taking advantage of abandoned foxholes and emplacements of the departed 1st and 2nd Battalions, 9th Marine Regiment, had established a hasty but effective defensive position.Shaw & Kane 1963, pp. 232–233 Heavy fighting broke out with the Japanese firing light machine guns from well-concealed fortifications covered by automatic rifle fire from snipers hidden in trees.
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After the Battle of Kasserine Pass (early 1943), U.S. troops increasingly adopted the modern foxhole, a vertical, bottle-shaped hole that allowed a soldier to stand and fight with head and shoulders exposed. The foxhole widened near the bottom to allow a soldier to crouch down while under intense artillery fire or tank attack. Foxholes could be enlarged to two- soldier fighting positions, as well as excavated with firing steps for crew- served weapons or sumps for water drainage or live enemy grenade disposal.
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The BBC reported that the Russian army entered the port of Poti on 16 August "at least the third time" since the war began. The Russian forces that were occupying Poti, as well as military bases in Gori and Senaki, that day destroyed the military bases which were based on the NATO standard and the American-made or supplied arsenal. Early on 16 August, foxholes were dug up by the Russians in Igoeti. In the afternoon, the Russian forces withdrew from their positions in Igoeti.
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Aircraft and artillery attacked the trucks until they dispersed off the road into wooded areas. By 18:00 PVA infantry were seen on Route 33 marching south in close column and just before dark were observed occupying foxholes along the sides of the road. Ten batteries of artillery kept the road and the suspected enemy artillery positions under fire. Immediately east, artillery pilots spotted PVA columns nearing 24th Division lines late in the afternoon and brought them under fire as they came within range.
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Truong, p. 361 As Vann's L-19 aircraft flew over the western tree line, the VC watched from their foxholes, but held their fire because they knew the aircraft was trying to draw fire in order to mark their positions. Although Vann was suspicious, he decided it was a better landing zone because the area was tranquil despite the heavy fighting elsewhere. Vann then ordered his pilot to make contact with the other L-19 that was leading the ten CH-21s with the first South Vietnamese reserve company from Tan Hiep.
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Scanlon, with the help of Bowers, ran forward to aid the wounded men and carry them back to the M113 formation. At that point, South Vietnamese M113 crews backed off while firing their .50 caliber machine guns aimlessly into the sky. When Ba recovered, his company launched a frontal assault on the VC's foxhole line. Just when the M113 crews closed in on their objective, a VC squad leader and his men jumped out of their foxholes and tossed grenades at the lead formation of the attack force.
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Tank fire had destroyed the American wire communications to their artillery, which began to fall on their own positions in the belief that they had been overrun with North Koreans, before Stephens was able to call it off. In the meantime, at 1135 Bixler's platoon was surrounded and destroyed, most of the men of the platoon were killed in their foxholes by the North Korean infantry. Following this, men on the right flank began deserting their positions regardless of Stephens' efforts to keep them there.Alexander 2003, p. 71.
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These defenses were completed by 15 December and comprised trenches, foxholes and fortified emplacements for machine guns and artillery. Barbed wire was strung along the horseshoe-shaped perimeter, and fields of fire were cleared ahead of all positions. All trails leading to the area were blocked with obstacles and land mines were placed on other routes which might be used by the Japanese. Artillery and mortars were emplaced in positions where they could support any part of the defensive perimeter, and fire plans were developed to allow for rapid bombardments of all possible approach routes.
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Their foxholes were situated in a shallow curve along the ridge line in a northeast direction, almost to a fork in the road at their left flank. Snow fell, covering their dug-in fortifications inside the woods, leaving them virtually invisible from the road below. A camouflaged forest pillbox like those built by the I&R; platoon They took advantage of a small log hut behind their position, which they used as a warming hut. Bouck had augmented the unit's weaponry with four extra carbines, two Browning automatic rifles, and one light .
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In the emplacement, he seized a Luger pistol and killed the > Germans that had survived the grenade blast. Rearmed, he crawled toward the > second machine gun located 30 yards away, killing 4 Germans in camouflaged > foxholes on the way, but himself receiving a critical wound in the abdomen. > And yet he went on, staggering, bleeding, disregarding bullets that tore > through the folds of his clothing and glanced off his helmet. He threw his > last grenade into the machine gun nest and stumbled on to wipe out the crew.
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Sisimiut, formerly known by its colonial name Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the Qeqqata municipality, the second-largest city in Greenland, and the largest arctic city in North America.The term 'city' is loosely used to describe any populated area in Greenland, given that the most populated place is Nuuk, the capital, with 16,454 inhabitants. It is located in central-western Greenland, on the coast of Davis Strait, approximately north of Nuuk. Although now the name of the city, Sisimiut literally means "the residents at the foxholes" ().
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The ankle heals very slowly, so that she has to stay at home during the winter reading a book about foxes and other animals of the forest. When spring arrives, the girl is looking for foxholes and waits for the fox, who she eventually names Lily. The fox has young babies and moves from one foxhole to another because of the girl's inquisitiveness; so the girl decides to observe the fox from a greater distance. The girl finds the fox again and tries to get the animal accustomed to her.
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Stewart decimated them by retrieving and > throwing the grenades back. Exhausting his ammunition, he crawled under > intense fire to his wounded team members and collected ammunition that they > were unable to use. Far past the normal point of exhaustion, he held his > position for 4 harrowing hours and through 3 assaults, annihilating the > enemy as they approached and before they could get a foothold. As a result > of his defense, the company position held until the arrival of a reinforcing > platoon which counterattacked the enemy, now occupying foxholes to the left > of S/Sgt.
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313–314 Israeli armor knocked out near the Lexicon-Tirtur Junction. Shortly after dawn, Reshef conducted a reconnaissance of the battlefield from a hilltop. He saw that the Egyptians had set up a strong blocking position defending the junction, composed of Egyptian tanks situated in hull-down positions and infantrymen in foxholes and the now-dry irrigation ditches of the Chinese Farm. The infantry were from the 16th Brigade's right-flank battalion and had the support of recoilless rifles, RPG-7s, and some manually guided AT-3 Sagger missiles.
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This grade II listed Italianate country house was built as a family home towards the end of the nineteenth century for John Entwisle, the High Sheriff of Leicestershire. John Entwistle was born in 1856 at Foxholes near Rochdale to a wealthy family involved in the Lancashire woollen trade. He subsequently moved to the Midlands where he became a successful local businessman and lived in North Kilworth. In 1888, aged just 32, he became High Sheriff of Leicestershire and commissioned a Mr A E Purdie to design Kilworth House which was completed in 1891.
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Using radios captured from A company the day before the NVA intercepted US communications and knew that B company was attempting to reinforce A company. Knowing this, NVA soldiers on the northern side of the perimeter yelled in English not to shoot and that they were B company. A company believing the trick left their foxholes to approach what they thought was B company. The NVA soldiers engaged the A company men point blank. The ruse broke moral and caused one man to bolt into the forest, after this A company’s northern perimeter collapsed.
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The Allies studied the results equally seriously. Positioned by senior commanders who had not personally reconnoitered the ground, U.S. forces were often located too far from each other for mutual support. It was also noted that U.S. soldiers tended to become careless about digging in, exposing their positions, bunching in groups when in open view of enemy artillery observers, and positioning units on topographic crests, where their silhouettes made them perfect targets. Too many soldiers, exasperated by the rocky soil of Tunisia, were still digging shallow slit trenches instead of deep foxholes.
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Under this cover, two battalions of the KPA 13th Regiment, 6th Division, moved up within of the American foxholes. At the same time, KPA T-34 tanks, SU-76 self-propelled guns, and antitank guns moved toward Komam-ni on the road at the foot of Sibidang-san. A US M4A3 Sherman tank there destroyed a T-34 just after midnight, and a 3.5-inch Bazooka team destroyed a self-propelled gun and several 45 mm antitank guns. On the crest of Sibidang-san, an antipersonnel minefield stopped the first KPA infantry assault.
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Morris (1987), p. 213 The village residents also set up roadblocks and mines, and dug trenches and foxholes along the road. The commander of the triangle was in contact with the Iraqi Army nearby, and there was an Israeli fear that the Iraqis would attempt to connect with his forces. The coastal road was the main traffic artery between the central and northern parts of Israel; not having access to it meant that all traffic and supplies had to go east through Wadi Milk, a dangerous route which also passed close to Arab villages.
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The Mother of Mercy Hospital was subject to bombings by Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jets operated by the Sudanese Air Force in May 2014,Straziuso, Jason (May 5, 2014), US doctor: Sudan dropped 11 bombs near hospital The San Diego Union-Tribune. although at the time no one was injured. In preparation in case of bombings the compound now has a number of foxholes where patients and staff can flee for the duration. Catena credits his Catholic faith for his work, and says he is inspired by St. Francis of Assisi.
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He was subjected to concentrated small- > arms fire but, with great bravery, he worked his way a quarter mile along > the ridge, attacking hostile soldiers in their foxholes with his carbine and > grenades. When he had completed his self-imposed mission against powerful > German forces, he had destroyed 2 machinegun positions, killed 8 of the > enemy and captured 18 prisoners, including 2 bazooka teams. Cpl. Beyer's > intrepid action and unflinching determination to close with and destroy the > enemy eliminated the German defense line and enabled his task force to gain > its objective.
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Replacing the 27th Division, in 1942, the Army began training new recruits and draftees at Fort McClellan under what was called the Branch Immaterial Training Center. Recruits received eight weeks of basic training, and were then sent elsewhere for combat training or specialized schools. In 1943, this became the Infantry Replacement Training Center (IRTC). Under IRTC, the basic training was increased to nine weeks and included situations corresponding to combat in European areas such as training within simulated urban areas, actions under live artillery fire, and crouching in foxholes with tanks moving overhead.
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During the Easter Rising, Poole was Commandant Mallin's most senior officer, earning him the rank of captain and placing him third in hierarchal command of the ICA after Connolly and Mallin. After the insurgents took control of the Green and the civilians were evacuated, Poole allocated a company of men to secure each gate entrance. Gates were barricaded with wheelbarrows, gardening tools and park benches. Meanwhile, Poole ordered a number of men to dig slit trenches and foxholes in the style he had used prior in South Africa.
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By the fourth day, the division reached its objective, and pursued its now retreating enemy. The division turned east, into Kuwait, continuing to inflict heavy casualties and capture troops as it rolled forward, often hitting new units whose defensive berms and foxholes faced south from their northern flank, rendering their defenses ineffective. By nightfall, forces facing 3AD had been virtually eliminated, with their remnants in full retreat. By the fifth day of combat, the division had achieved all objectives and continued to push east to block Iraqi retreat from Kuwait, conducting mopping up operations.
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Archaeologists in the vicinity unearthed finds indicating occupation in the late Romano-British period. The findings revealed that there were three principal phases of Roman occupation in the area, from ditch construction in the 1st–2nd centuries, a farmstead from the 2nd–4th century with a cemetery and corn-drying ovens, and a phase of pottery production in the 4th century. There is also evidence of buildings being constructed in Foxholes in the early-mid Saxon period from the 6th to 8th centuries, with sunken-floored buildings being discovered.
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These two units took position in pre-prepared fighting emplacements around the south and west of Point Cruz.Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 413. On the morning of 2 November, with the Whaling Group covering their flank, the men of 2/5 marched north and reached the coast west of Point Cruz, completing the encirclement of the Japanese defenders. The Japanese defenses were centered in a draw between a coastal trail and a beach just west of Point Cruz and included coral, earth, and log bunkers as well as caves and foxholes.
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Polish units in Przebraże numbered some 500 men, they were divided into four companies and a mounted scouts platoon. In mid-1943 their number grew to 1,000. Reconnaissance patrols would check the surrounding area by day and at night, so that the settlement would not be caught by surprise. A defence line was created around Przebraże and neighbouring settlements, which consisted of foxholes and barbed wire. The length of barbed wire totalled around and the size of the “camp” - from east to west and from north to south.
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German VK 3001H prototype turret mounted on "Tobruk" at Omaha Beach, June 1944 Tobruk protecting the entrance to the bunker that now houses the Channel Islands Military Museum. This turret from a Renault R35 was originally employed on a Tobruk at Saint Aubin's Fort, Jersey. The Germans used hardened fortifications in North Africa and later in other fortifications, such as the Atlantic Wall, that were in essence foxholes made from concrete. The Germans knew them officially as Ringstände; the Allies called them "Tobruks" because they had first encountered the structures during the fighting in Africa.
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Around Birkenau are several nature conservation areas and a considerable number of hiking paths. These are found on the one hand in the woods around Birkenau, but on the other hand, the Höhenweg (“Height Way”, European walking route E1, plateau path between Birkenau and Reisen), for example, is also worth visiting, as there is a striking view over Birkenau and Nieder-Liebersbach. In Birkenau's woods it is not uncommon to see local wildlife, such as deer, various birds, hares, and so on. Here and there, foxholes are also to be found.
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Once Allied troops were on the ground, some German units used the Rommelspargel for defense, by cutting them down and using the logs to reinforce impromptu positions. Sturmmann Karl Vasold of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend described how his unit dug in under fire in a tank trench and foxholes on the road from Buron to Villons- les-Buissons, and used cut-down Rommelspargel poles to cover their positions and protect them from enemy fire.Meyer, Hubert. The 12th SS: the history of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division, p. 204.
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The infantry at Höfen occupied a line of foxholes along of the front to the east of the village, backed up by dug-in support positions. 99th Infantry Division used the relatively quiet period to prepare an extensive defensive system, including redundant lines of communication, precise positioning of weapons to provide interlocking grazing fire, and aggressive patrols that kept the Germans off guard. They also carefully integrated artillery support; registered on likely targets based on probable enemy approaches. 393rd Regiment held the center and 394th watched over the south.
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North Korean forces immediately began advancing on A Company's position, but the company was not able to return fire effectively, with fewer than half of its soldiers using their weapons. For several minutes only squad and platoon leaders shot back while the rest of the soldiers hid in their foxholes. Within fifteen minutes, B Company was able to return fire effectively, and by this time the North Korean forces had advanced steadily toward 1st Battalion's position. Later examinations found many American soldiers' weapons were assembled incorrectly or were dirty or broken.
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Panic quickly overtook many of the men of the battalion, and they started running past the designated rally points, all the way to Pyongtaek. Others, too scared to retreat, remained in their foxholes and were captured by the North Korean forces. One officer attempted to stay behind and search for survivors, before he and three others were allegedly captured and executed by North Korean forces. Company commanders gathered what men they could and began moving south, though one-fourth of 1st Battalion was killed, missing or captured immediately after the brief fight.
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However, Wu did state that during the strategy meeting that took place that night, the Chinese 345th Regiment reported that one of its infantry battalions had been badly mauled by Task Force Dolvin. () Without artillery support of their own, and low on ammunition, they were overwhelmed by the subsequent Chinese attack. The Chinese forces swarmed the hill in overwhelming numbers, and many of the Rangers were shot and killed in their foxholes or stabbed with bayonets. The company was destroyed in the fighting, with the survivors retreating from the hill.
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212 The VC also took full advantage of the local terrain by taking up positions in Ap Tan Thoi in the north, along a tree-lined creek in the southeast, and Ap Bac in the south. Their positions were well-concealed by trees and shrubs, which made them difficult to see from the air and provided good protection from heavy weaponry.Truong, p. 356 To the south and west of Ap Bac, the VC dug a series of foxholes in front of an irrigation dike, which afforded them an unobstructed field of fire in the surrounding rice fields.
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At one point the Japanese had penetrated several hundred yards inside the defense perimeter near G Troop. The cavalrymen rallied and they wiped out the attackers. It was during this fight that a member of the Regiment, Staff Sergeant Troy McGill earned the 5th Cavalry Regiment's, and the 1st Cavalry Division's, first Medal of Honor of World War II. SSG McGill, of Ada, Oklahoma, was the senior man in charge of a line foxholes dug in 35 yards ahead of the main American positions. Suddenly, this line was attacked by a company of 200 Japanese soldiers on a suicidal Banzai charge.
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Pegler, Martin. Out Of Nowhere: A History Of The Military Sniper. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2004, p. 19. Soldiers would often remain hidden in foxholes or trenches so as not to expose themselves to the deadly accuracy of a sniper. Some soldiers even began to disregard orders from commanding officers to protect against potential harm, which thus broke down the chain of command on the battlefield.Pegler, Martin. Out Of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2004, pp. 19–20. The sniper rifle soon acquired the reputation of being one of the most effective and ruthless weapons of war.
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A Company was called in to secure Sangin on June 25, 2006 after the Taliban had killed 5 civilians on June 18, accusing them of working for the government, and a further 27 shortly afterwards when the relatives went to collect the bodies. The "district centre" (DC), a run-down compound half a mile from the town centre, became a base for some 120 British troops. It also housed the local government offices, and an Afghan police force. The position was strengthened with rudimentary fortifications consisting of foxholes dug round the perimeter and sandbags reinforcing the compound walls.
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Organizing as the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF) with Whitebear as executive director, the Indians used tactics ranging from politicking to occupation of land to celebrity appearances to gain more support. For three months, activists engaged in what Whitebear later described as "Invasion, arrests, jailings, letters of expulsion from military property, physical escort off the fort, re-invasion." The Army cordoned off the fort with concertina wire, brought in two companies of troops from Fort Lewis to prevent incursions, and dug foxholes. By this time more than 40 non-Indian organizations in King County supported the Indians' efforts.
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Foy One of the foxholes that still exist in the Jacques Woods, occupied by E Company in December 1944 and January 1945 During December 1944 and January 1945, E Company and the rest of the 101st Airborne Division fought in Belgium in the Battle of the Bulge. The 101st was in France in December when the Germans launched their offensive in the Ardennes. They were told to hold the vital cross-roads at Bastogne and were soon encircled by the Germans. E Company fought in frigid weather under German artillery fire without winter clothing and with limited rations and ammunition.
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Countries with death penalty for apostasyWhich countries still outlaw apostasy and blasphemy? Pew Research Center, United States (May 2014) Before the 18th century, the existence of God was so accepted in the Western world that even the possibility of true atheism was questioned. This is called theistic innatism—the notion that all people believe in God from birth; within this view was the connotation that atheists are simply in denial. There is also a position claiming that atheists are quick to believe in God in times of crisis, that atheists make deathbed conversions, or that "there are no atheists in foxholes".
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After Evelyne Cerphal's father, Arno, dies at the early age of forty-two she discovers that her biological mother is a different woman than she thought, who died in Munich, 1944. Feeling no-longer at home in Neuberg, she leaves for Munich in hope to join the Conservatoire and to search who her real mother was. Planning to move in with her aunt, Elisabeth Cerphal, Evelyne arrives at Foxholes and recalls a visit from her childhood to the villa. Elisabeth's housekeeper, Frau Reis, informs Evelyne that it was once the centre of Bohemian life in the 1920s-30s.
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While working, Waltraud gets off her tour bus by the Foxholes for a quick visit to Hermann, but all of the tourists soon follow believing the house to be an attraction. Waltraud improvises and gives them a quick tour of the downstairs until Elisabeth takes over and escorts them all outside, giving them a brief history of the house. She says Hitler never stepped foot in the house when a tourist asked. Waltraud tells Hermann she has booked an appointment to see an apartment for them both, but they only accept married couples so they will have to pretend to be one.
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Following Israeli air raids on their training camps in the Bekaa valley in 1994, Hezbollah training more furtively in the Bekaa Valley with small tents and foxholes. The end of the 2006 war brought large manpower demands that required the group to expand its training facilities, and since then Hezbollah has had fairly large and built-up training camps. In the early 1980s, some Hezbollah fighters travelled to Iran and fought against the Iraqi Army in the Iran–Iraq War. In the 1990s, the IRGC trained Hezbollah in infiltration techniques, explosives, and intelligence operations to promote advanced guerrilla warfare.
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Air strikes using napalm incinerated many KPA troops and helped the infantry to gain the ridge. At 12:00, the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, secured the former positions of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Infantry, and took over the same foxholes that unit had abandoned two nights before. During September 2, the USAF flew 135 sorties in the 25th Infantry Division sector, reportedly destroying many KPA units, several tanks and artillery pieces, and three villages containing ammunition dumps. Early the next morning, September 3, the KPA heavily attacked Check's men in an effort to regain the ridge.
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His team shouted to warn him that he could be entering a minefield, but his only response was to shout Allahu Akbar loudly before carrying on. He killed one of the Serbs from a distance of approximately two metres in front of the bunker before he was shot in the forehead and killed.Azzam Publishers, In the Hearts of Green Birds, 1997 During a "sabotage attack" led by Abu Sabit Masri against Serb foxholes, approximately three military police were killed and the severed head of Momir Mitrović was collected and brought back along with his identification and diary.ICTY Transcripts, p.
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He established an advanced division command post and led his troops toward the Motoyama Airfield Number One. When his unit was pinned down by the enemy fire, he wasn't hesitant to go directly to the frontline foxholes to obtain first-hand information. When the most of the enemy units retreated to the north of the island, where they took last-stand defensive positions, Brigadier General Hermle directed coordinated attacks which caused heavy losses to the enemy. For his leadership of the 5th Marine Division's troops during the Battle of Iwo Jima and its capture, General Hermle was decorated with the Navy Cross.
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Japanese counterattacks continued throughout the night, probing at 1/8's gaps in the line. They solved the issue by stringing concertina wire between foxholes. At 14:55 on 1 August, 8th Marines reached their final objective with only sporadic resistance. 1/8 was then assigned the lion's share of mop up operations. On 6 August the 8th Marines assumed responsibility for the entire 2d Division sector and continued mopping-up activities. The next day the regiment also took over the 4th Division area, relieving the 23d Marines, which had patrolled that sector since 4 August.
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The Yorkshire Wolds is rich in medieval sites, and is particularly well known for its deserted villages, like those at Wharram Percy and Cottam. Settlement on the Wolds during the medieval period was concentrated on the most suitable agricultural soils. The two major settlement zones are, the Great Wold Valley villages, such as Helperthorpe, Weaverthorpe, Butterwick, Foxholes, Burton Flemming and Rudston, and the east- facing slope of the Wolds including villages such as Carnaby, Haisthorpe, Thornholme, Burton Agnes, and Nafferton, all of which are sited so as to take advantage of a ration of both heavier and lighter agricultural soils.
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They could also call on the air power designated for the entire operation as well. However, they also suffered some disadvantages. The CIA advisers faced unexpected problems from a largely adolescent soldiery. Due to the drying Hmong manpower pool, GM 26 contained more than 100 troopers under the age of 17. As the adviser to GM 21 noted, "We had 14-year-olds fighting, and the troops were getting lazy, leaving behind lots of equipment in the field...." The CIA case officer for GM 26 saw paradrops called in just so his soldiers could line their foxholes with the parachutes.
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Participants recited the Pledge of Allegiance, deliberately omitting the phrase "under God", which was added by the U.S. Congress in 1954. Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces were represented, and a retired Army colonel, Kirk Lamb, led veterans in an affirmation of their secular military oaths.Torpy, Jason, “Reason Rally shows patriotism and military support” , Atheists in Foxholes News, 26 March 2012. Speakers urged those assembled to contact local and national representatives and ask them to support church- state separation, science education, marriage equality for gays and lesbians, and ending government support of faith-based organizations, among other causes.
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Site of the bridge at Maison Rouge, 2011. The bridge at Maison Rouge proved unable to support U.S. tanks (the bridge collapsed under the weight of a tank), and so the 30th Infantry had only minimal antitank capability (bazookas and three 57 mm anti-tank guns) when they were counter- attacked late in the afternoon by German infantry and heavy tank destroyers of the 708th Volksgrenadier Division and 280th Assault Gun Battalion. Without cover and unable to dig foxholes because of the frozen terrain, the 30th Infantry was forced to withdraw, taking heavy casualties when the withdrawal assumed the character of a rout.Clarke and Smith, p.
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Church records at Lurgashall of the Yaldwyn Family) As well as Aldworth House (sharing the steep east side leading to the wood-surrounded hamlet, or farmstead, Roundhurst Common) and Foxholes (which together formed the estate of Alfred, Lord Tennyson), walkers can see architecture, especially in Victorian and turn-of-the-20th-century, rustic styles (such as Arts and Crafts architecture). These include Blackdown House, west, surrounded by daffodils in the spring, and Old Manor Farm (Upper Roundhurst Farm), east. Because of its elevation, from 1796 to 1816 Blackdown hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which quickly linked the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in Portsmouth.
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Two of these, the 46th and the 73rd, were part of LIV Army Corps and had already done the heavy lifting during the attack on Perekop. The third division in question was the 22nd Infantry Division of XXX Army Corps. With the rest of the 11th Army forces waiting in the rear, the German attackers engaged some eight Soviet divisions that were supported by four cavalry brigades as well as significant Red Air Force contingents. Soviet airpower made the first few days of the Crimean campaign very painful to the German spearhead and caused the German infantry to regularly dig trenches and foxholes to find cover from Soviet aerial strafe runs.
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In the bid to reclaim Manila from the Japanese during World War II, Paco became a bloody battleground for hundreds of lives. On Feb. 7, 1945, the US 149th Infantry Regiment crossed Pasig River and landed in the suburbs of Pandacan and Paco with the Filipino troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army, where a battle took place around the railway station with some 300 Japanese defending it; it was the “first of the urban strong points” the Allied forces encountered. According to an account, “Japanese [fighters] had machine gun posts all around the [railroad] station, and foxholes with riflemen surrounded each machine gun post.
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On February 19, 1945, he landed on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands and before the day ended he had already sustained a slight wound. He was promoted to first lieutenant on March 1, 1945, twenty-five days before his death. A few minutes before dawn on the morning of March 26, the day the Iwo campaign officially closed, the Japanese launched a concentrated attack and penetrated the Marine lines in the area where 1st Lt Martin's platoon was bivouacked. He immediately organized a firing line among the men in the foxholes closest to his own, and temporarily stopped the headlong rush of the enemy.
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U.S. Army Africa staff visited El Guettar in 2010, where foxholes from 67 years ago remain. On 6 April, the British 8th Army once again overran the Axis lines at the Battle of Wadi Akarit, and a full retreat started. On the morning of 7 April, Benson Force moved through the positions held by the 1st and 9th divisions, and raced down the abandoned El Guettar-Gabès road, where it met the lead elements of the 8th Army at 17:00. With the last Axis line of defense in the south of Tunisia broken, the remaining forces made a run to join the other Axis forces in the north.
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' It was there that Japanese Colonel Nagayoshi Sanenobu decided to make his stand with his 39th Infantry Regiment. The Japanese had dug foxholes, trench, and tunnels throughout the mountains, and relied on the thick vegetation to cover their positions. On the morning of 1 February, the 152nd and the 113th ran into a Japanese strongpoint at 'Horseshoe Bend,' the first major Zig-Zag Pass obstacle. Two days of heavy fighting followed, resulting in high casualties and stopping all eastward progress. The nearby 34th Regiment Combat Team was ordered to assist the 152nd and 113th, but after six days of suffering heavy casualties they were forced to disengage.
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Frau Reis reveals that Evelyne's mother was Lieselotte, a girl from a poor family and Arno's family disapproved of their love. Elisabeth's financial adviser, Gerold Gattinger, who lives at the Foxholes, pays an interest in an army film projector that Stefan and Rob install there for a private screening of their new film. It was refused a certificate by the censors, and want to have an "anti-premiere" for all their friends. As the guests arrive, Ansgar becomes angry with his girlfriend Olga Müller due to her drug use, and also takes his frustration out on Gattinger, accusing him of being a closet Nazi.
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The rolling landscape was also dotted with small rivers, woods, and fruit trees, along with scattered stone farmhouses and their outbuildings. Allied infantry, in particular the Americans, found themselves fighting from field to field against the Germans, who had in many places dug foxholes directly into the hedgerow embankments, providing their machine gunners and riflemen protection from overhead artillery fire. These defensive positions limited the ability of the American forces to coordinate large-scale attacks or receive sufficient and accurate artillery support. Openings that did exist within the patchwork of hedges were already covered by German anti-personnel and anti-tank weapons; armor moving through these gaps attracted immediate defensive fire.
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Beyer joined the military from St. Ansgar, and by January 15, 1945 was serving as a Corporal in Company C, 603rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. On that day, near Arloncourt in Belgium, he used hand grenades and his carbine to single-handedly destroy two German machine gun positions before working his way through a honey-combed series of enemy foxholes—killing and capturing German soldiers as he went. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman seven months later, on August 30, 1945. Beyer also witnessed the horrors at Buchenwald when American troops liberated the prisoners held in the German concentration camp.
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When he met General MacArthur in August 1945 shortly after his liberation, he had become thin and malnourished from three years of mistreatment during captivity. After witnessing the Japanese surrender aboard the on September 2, together with Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival, he returned to the Philippines to receive the surrender of the local Japanese commander, Lieutenant-General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Dubbed by his men a "fighting" general who was willing to get down in the foxholes, Wainwright won the respect of all who were imprisoned with him. He agonized over his decision to surrender Corregidor throughout his captivity, feeling that he had let his country down.
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Choate reached comparative safety. He returned to the burning > destroyer to search for comrades possibly trapped in the vehicle risking > instant death in an explosion which was imminent and braving enemy fire > which ripped his jacket and tore the helmet from his head. Completing the > search and seeing the tank and its supporting infantry overrunning our > infantry in their shallow foxholes, he secured a bazooka and ran after the > tank, dodging from tree to tree and passing through the enemy's loose > skirmish line. He fired a rocket from a distance of 20 yards, immobilizing > the tank but leaving it able to spray the area with cannon and machinegun > fire.
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Albury civil parish spans the small village and three hamlets, which are Farley Green, Little London and adjacent Brook – spaced out by Albury Heath, Foxholes Wood, small fields and Albury Park. About a third of Blackheath Common on the Greensand Ridge is in the parish, which centrally nestles in the 'Vale of Holmesdale'. The old village lay within what is now Albury Park. Albury new village is at the point where the Sherborne, flowing from near Newlands Corner via the Silent Pool, joins the Tillingbourne that runs through the centre of the village and until the 20th century powered Albury flour mill at the Chilworth edge of the village.
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Parry island was smaller than Eniwetok and more heavily defended and was the HQ of 1st Amphibious Brigade commander General Nishida. When the invasion began the Japanese had 1,115 troops and 250 other personnel on Parry, equipped with 36 heavy grenade launchers, 36 light machine guns, six heavy machine guns, ten 81mm mortars, three 20mm automatic guns, two mountain guns, one 20mm cannon and three Type 95 light tanks. The island is tear-drop shaped with the larger end to the north, facing the lagoon. The Japanese defences consisted of a series of eight strong points along the beach, protected by trenches and a network of foxholes.
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Griesgletscher as well as the many surrounding Swiss Alpine glaciers have played an important role in the cultural and economic development of the Swiss Alps. During the Second World War owing to its proximity to the Swiss/Italian frontier the Swiss Army constructed a series of look-out posts and foxholes to reinforce this relatively undefined border area and as part of Switzerland hydro-electric building programme. A dam was built in front of the glacier, however the resulting dam contributed to the increased retreat of the glacier thanks to the glacier becoming decoupled from the bedrock as water levels in the dam increased.
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The following night, four two-man reconnaissance teams were in foxholes ahead of the rest of the platoon as an over watch. At midnight a flare signaled an attack, and immediately Japanese soldiers breached the marines' front line and were overrunning the marines in the fighting holes. During the battle Pvt Trimble was bayoneted on his right shoulder blade and continuing on with the fight when he was hit by a grenade that severely wounded him. Moments later a Japanese soldier with an explosive charge strapped to his waist, jumped in the foxhole and wrapped himself around Pvt Trimble and detonated the mine, killing himself and the young marine.
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It initially pushed the Germans back with machine gun, small arms and mortar fire, and hand-to-hand combat and stopped the German advance. Without radio communication between the front-line artillery liaison officer and 196th Field Artillery, their guns could not be brought to bear on the German assault until communication was restored at 06:50. The artillery had registered the forward positions of the American infantry and shelled the advancing Germans while the American soldiers remained in their covered foxholes. It was the only sector of the American front line attacked during the Battle of the Bulge where the Germans failed to advance.
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Jason Torpy, current president, took over in 2001 while still an active duty officer, established 501c3 status in 2006, and began working full-time for the organization at the end of 2010. The group's early efforts included letter writing campaigns reminding public figures such as Tom Brokaw not to use the phrase, "There are no atheists in foxholes." One recipient of these letters, broadcaster Bob Schieffer, issued a public apology in response. Other efforts supported active duty military personnel seeking to include, "Atheist" or, "Agnostic" on their dog-tags instead of the more common, "No Rel Pref" which meant the individual had no religious preference.
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The MAAF logo includes the three colors Air Force Blue, Army Green, and Navy Blue. It represents the land, sea, and air missions of the group's membership and the three-part mission of providing "atheists in foxholes" with advocacy, community, and education. In 2011 the MAAF including its local MASH Ft Bragg affiliate took on the Army's Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program for its take on spiritual fitness as a major factor in soldier readiness. Both Jason Torpy and Justin Griffith, now military director with American Atheists, argued that the Army's approach, and especially the Army's Spiritual Fitness website were unfairly and illegally sectarian, supporting Christianity over all other religious beliefs.
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The main road, Route 7 twists violently through the pass, following a line of least terrain resistance that wild pigs must originally have established. The jungle flora in the region is so thick that one can step five yards off the highway and not be able to see the road. The Japanese had honey-combed every hill and knoll at the Zig-Zag with foxholes linked by tunnels or trenches; at particularly advantageous Points they had constructed strong points centered on log or dirt pillboxes. All the defenses were well camouflaged, for rich, jungle foliage covered most positions, indicating that many had been prepared with great care and had been constructed well.
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When constructed, other fixed defences such as stationary machine guns and various defensive constructs such as barbed wire or foxholes can be placed afterwards with the delivery of additional supplies. The Insurgency game mode diverts slightly from these rules, limiting the insurgent side to spawn at their weapons caches which they must defend, or they lose the ability to spawn. The opposing team can discover the location of these caches by catching informants for the insurgents, after which an enemy cache will be marked on the conventional forces' map, indicating its position. However, insurgents can still deploy and construct destructible "hideouts" to spawn at, which act in a similar way to the Forward Operating Bases in conventional game modes.
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William Thomas Cummings (October 30, 1903 – January 18, 1945), Maryknoll mission priest and U.S. military chaplain, recognized by Maryknoll as a martyr of the Philippines, is one of the people to whom the quotation "There are no atheists in foxholes" has been attributed. Some of the others possibly responsible for the aphorism's currency were also present at the Battle of Bataan in 1942, when Cummings might have said it. Ordained on June 16, 1928, Father Cummings was sent to Manila to teach in 1940, after working in San Francisco for ten years. On December 10, 1941, he was serving at Sternberg General Hospital in Manila when that city came under attack, and is reported to have worked tirelessly.
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After losing his head and trying to kill Cliff with the axe end of his Pulaski, Ed breaks his leg when he tumbles down a slope as they fight. Cliff returns to the crew's anchor point to organize the men, sending three with heavier equipment to bring in Ed. Cliff orders the others to dig foxholes, knowing that burying themselves and allowing the fire to pass over them is their only hope for survival. The men protest but grudgingly comply when Cliff insists. Ed is surprised to discover that Cliff is responsible for his rescue, and when he is brought back to the anchor point, the crew panics and starts to flee.
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Writing after the war, DePuy said that marching fire became a fad, in some American units almost the sole form of attack. DePuy noted that when it was employed against Germans who were "well hidden and in very good positions"—as they usually were—the attackers walked into the enemy's kill zone. DePuy said that if maneuvering infantry alone performed marching fire, the moment when enemy suppression was most needed it would cease during the final charge at which time "the enemy then comes up out of his foxholes and starts to fire at you." DePuy asserted that suppression gained by fire from non-moving units was critical to the success of marching fire.
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Acting as scout 300 yards in front of the infantry, he led the > 2 platoons forward until he had gained his objective, where he came upon > several dug-in enemy infantrymen. Having taken them by surprise, 2d Lt. > Fowler dragged them out of their foxholes and sent them to the rear; twice, > when they resisted, he threw hand grenades into their dugouts. Realizing > that a dangerous gap existed between his company and the unit to his right, > 2d Lt. Fowler decided to continue his advance until the gap was filled. He > reconnoitered to his front, brought the infantry into position where they > dug in and, under heavy mortar and small arms fire, brought his tanks > forward.
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Four U.S. Army units took part in the Operation Buster–Jangle "Dog" test for combat maneuvers after the detonation of a nuclear weapon took place. These units consisted of: # 1st Battalion 188th Airborne Infantry Regiment 11th Airborne Division # 3rd Medical Platoon 188th Airborne Medical Company # Platoon Company A 127th Engineer Battalion # Battery C 546th Field Artillery Battalion Personnel were instructed to create foxholes, construct gun emplacements and bunkers in a defensive position 11 km south of the detonation area. After the nuclear bomb was detonated, the troops were ordered to move forward towards the affected area. While traveling closer to ground zero, troops witnessed the nuclear weapon's effects on the fortifications that were placed in the location in preparation for the tests.
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When his weapon jammed, he leaped without hesitation into a > foxhole and killed the occupants with his bayonet and the butt of his rifle. > He continued to wipe out foxholes and, noting that his squad had been pinned > down, he rushed to the rear of a machinegun position, threw a grenade into > the nest, and ran around to its front, where he killed all three occupants > with his rifle. Less than 100 yards up the hill, his squad again came under > vicious fire from another camouflaged, sandbagged, machinegun nest well- > flanked by supporting riflemen. Sergeant First Class BRITTIN again charged > this new position in an aggressive endeavor to silence this remaining > obstacle and ran direct into a burst of automatic fire which killed him > instantly.
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By that time, however, the Viet Cong had captured the Special Forces compound, and they began massing for an attack on the district headquarters. An aerial view of Đồng Xoài While fighting raged inside the district, all flyable aircraft from the 118th Aviation Company flew out from Biên Hòa to Phước Vinh, a small town about 30 kilometres from Đồng Xoài. From Phước Vinh the first contingent of the ARVN 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, was airlifted into the battlefield. At around 8 am, the UH-1 formations of the 118th Aviation Company descend on the landing zone near the Thuận Lợi rubber plantation, about 4 kilometres north of Đồng Xoài; they immediately began to receive fire from bunkers and foxholes surrounding the area.
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After the encounter on Leyte, Walker informed his commanding officer that he could not continue to serve and asked to return to the United States. He was released from active duty in the South Pacific in December 1944, but was promoted to first lieutenant in July 1945, three months after his arrival in the United States. According to his own later statements and those of his family, Walker returned from overseas duty deeply disturbed and convinced that he was responsible for the death of soldiers in his unit by not preparing defenses for his position. He later described his guilt over his best friend's death, which he believed might have been prevented if he had ordered his men to dig foxholes.
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The SAAF still held air superiority over Angola at the time, allowing 12 Squadron to conduct aerial photo- reconnaissance with Canberra B12s in spring of 1978. These photos showed newly built military infrastructure including concreted 'drive-in' bunkers for armoured fighting vehicles covering approach roads, zigzag trenches surrounding the base, foxholes for machine guns/mortar crews – and the highly characteristic 'star-shaped' concreted base structure for a SAM-3 missile battery and its radar/command vehicle. Also identifiable from the imagery was a civilian single-decker bus. PLAN combatants at Cassinga were aware of the overflights, and in a letter dated 10 April 1978, the camp's commander Hamaambo expressed concerns to his superiors about an "imminent invasion intention of our enemy of our camp in Southern Angola".
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When the overall fitness of Justin Griffith was questioned because of his score on the Spiritual Fitness portion, he took his complaint to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) and threatened legal action against this unconstitutional religious test. Although no major changes were made as a result of the complaints, the Army did remove a section from the Spiritual Fitness website which equated the military flag folding tradition with Christian religious tenets. The MAAF maintains a running review of violations and plans to turn its attention to new Spiritual Triage and Moral Injury applications of 'spirituality'. Confirmed to be several thousand, the current membership of MAAF is not publicly specified but the group's list of "Atheists in Foxholes" has topped 200 who wish to be publicly identified.
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The northern shoulder of the Battle of the Bulge, in which Bouck's unit held up the German advance through a key intersection near Lanzerath for nearly a full day. On December 16, 1944, at 05:30, the Germans launched a 90-minute artillery barrage using 1,600 artillery pieces across an 80-mile (130 km) front, although the American platoon was only aware of what was happening in their sector. Their first impression was that this was the anticipated counterattack resulting from the Allies' recent attack in the Wahlerscheid crossroads to the north where the 2nd Division had knocked a sizable dent into the Siegfried Line. Bouck later said: Many shells exploded in the trees, sending shards of steel and wood into the ground, but the men were protected by their reinforced foxholes.
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109–17 This was, however, a trap, and when the 1st Armored Division gave chase it was engaged by a screen of German anti-tank guns, and sustained heavy casualties. A U.S. forward artillery observer whose radio and landlines had been cut by shellfire recalled, The 21st Panzer Division resumed its advance towards Faïd. American infantry casualties were exacerbated by the practice of digging shallow shell scrapes instead of foxholes, as German tank drivers could easily crush a man inside a scrape by driving into it and simultaneously making a half-turn. Several attempts were made by the 1st Armored Division to stop the German advance, but all three combat commands found that each defensive position they tried to occupy had already been overrun, and they were attacked by German troops with heavy losses.
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U.S. Air Force Academy biography. He was the only military chaplain to attend the United Nations Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual leaders, was one of 100 religious leaders at the Sep 11, 1988, White House discussion with then President Bill Clinton on the way religion might combat violence in American schools, and represented the U.S. military at the 1999 Seventh World Assembly of the World Conference of Religions for Peace, in Amman, Jordan. Resnicoff's February 2006 presentationpresentation on religion, the military, and church-and-state issues, presented at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) was broadcast multiple times on C-SPAN. He presented an updated version of this talk—"Faith and Foxholes: Religion in the Military"—in May 2010 at the Library of Congress (LOC).
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The Ozamiz city website said of this, "During the Japanese occupation of Misamis in World War II(1943-1945), the "Cotta" was garrisoned by a contingent of Japanese who dug foxholes near or under the walls. This undermining of walls later led to the destruction of the Southwest bastion in the earthquake of 1955." After the Second World War, Misamis became a chartered city by virtue of Republic Act 321 on July 16, 1948. RA 321 also renamed Misamis to Ozamiz after a WW-II hero José Ozámiz who hailed from the province of Misamis Occidental and who at one time also served as its governor and congressional representative of the Lone District of Misamis Occidental, a delegate to the 1935 Constitutional Convention that resulted in the creation of the 1935 Constitution for the Philippine Commonwealth Government.
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The 3rd Canadian Division continued the advance on the 20th and the lead units came under heavy machine-gun and small arms fire from a chateau close to Colombelles. The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, with support from the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars, pushed forward once again despite heavy casualties and captured the heavily fortified village of Gibberville. The rest of the 3rd Division captured Colombelles through the course of the day. The Canadians were then faced with the formidable German defensive positions on the Verrières Ridge, where the SS troops had created excellent field fortifications, deployed hundreds of field artillery pieces, including Nebelwerfers, and dug numerous trenches and foxholes for defence. The 2nd Canadian division's 4th and 6th brigades assaulted the ridge, but suffered heavy losses and were forced to fall back.
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Blessed By Fire is the story of two young men who were sent to fight the 1982 war in the Falkland Islands and who return home bearing the brutal scars of war. Twenty years after the war's end, journalist Esteban Leguizamón (Gastón Pauls) is informed that Alberto Vargas (Pablo Ribba), one of the men he served with, has attempted suicide after suffering from years of depression brought on by his experiences in the war. Esteban visits the comatose Vargas at the hospital, and in a series of extended flashbacks, revisits the scene of Argentina's "unwinnable war." The film depicts Esteban and fellow soldiers Vargas (Pablo Ribba, the man in the coma) and Juan (Cesar Albarracin), who are living in foxholes on the remote, windswept Falklands, battling hunger, boredom, abuse, and the deprivations of war as they await the arrival of British forces.
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Battle of Auvere was a battle in Estonia, starting on July 20, 1944 and ending on July 25. It was a part of the World War II campaign in Narva. The Soviet 8th Army started attacking the Auvere Station on July 20 with artillery fire. The defenders had some losses. The Estonians and Germans (of the 11th (East Prussian) Infantry DivisionAlthough the name "East Prussian" is often associated with this division (two regiments were formed in East Prussian regions), the division also had personnel from other areas of Germany, particularly the Rhineland.) had built trenches and dug themselves into foxholes. In the morning of July 24, the Soviet assault commenced with 30–50 batteries firing 17,000 shells and grenades (2,000 tons), inflicting significant casualties to the Estonian 45th Regiment in Auvere and the 44th Infantry Regiment in the borough of Sirgala.
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The Mauban Line positions 18–25 January 1942 On 9 January, Japanese forces under Lieutenant General Susumu Morioka assaulted the eastern flank of the Abucay–Mauban Line, and were repulsed by the 91st Division of Brigadier General Luther Stevens and Colonel George S. Clark's 57th Infantry (PS). On 12 January, amid fierce fighting, 2nd Lieutenant Alexander R. Nininger, a platoon leader in the 57th Infantry, sacrificed his life when, armed with only a rifle and hand grenades, he forced his way into enemy foxholes during hand-to-hand combat, permitting his unit to retake Abucay Hacienda; for his actions, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Another extreme act of bravery was put forth by a Filipino named Narcisco Ortilano. He was on a water-cooled heavy machine gun when the Japanese burst out of a canebrake in a banzai attack.
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Instantly taken under fire by the garrison of a supporting > pillbox and further assailed by the slashing fury of hostile rifle fire, he > fell under the impact of a second enemy grenade but, courageously > disregarding painful shoulder wounds, staunchly continued his heroic 1-man > assault and charged the second pillbox, annihilating all the occupants. > Subsequently returning to his platoon position, he fearlessly traversed his > lines under fire, encouraging his men to advance and directing the fire of > supporting tanks against other stubbornly holding Japanese emplacements. > Held up again by a devastating barrage, he again moved into the open, rushed > a third heavily fortified installation and killed the defending troops. > Determined to crush all resistance, he led his men indomitably, personally > attacking foxholes and spider traps with his carbine and systematically > reducing the fanatic opposition until, stepping on a land mine, he sustained > fatal wounds.
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The No Gun Ri survivors denied it emphatically, and only three of 52 battalion veterans interviewed by the U.S. team spoke of hostile fire, and then inconsistently. Regarding the aerial imagery that the U.S. report said suggested a lower death toll, the South Korean investigators, drawing on accounts from survivors and area residents, said at least 62 bodies had been taken away by relatives or buried in soldiers' abandoned foxholes in the first days after the killings, and others remained inside one underpass tunnel, under thin layers of dirt, out of sight of airborne cameras and awaiting later burial in mass graves. In addition, South Korean military specialists questioned the U.S. reconnaissance photos, pointing out irregularities, including the fact that the No Gun Ri frames had been spliced into the roll of film, raising the possibility they were not, as claimed, from August 6, 1950, eight days after the killings.
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Newseum exhibit featuring B. D. Keever's shovel She has received the University of Hawai`i Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching, numerous freedom-of-information awards and awards from the alumni associations of two of her alma maters, the University Of Nebraska College Of Journalism and Mass Communications and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In March 2015 she was inducted into the Marian Andersen Nebraska Women Journalists’ Hall of Fame, housed in Andersen Hall of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska Lincoln campus. From May through September 12, 2015 the Newseum, blocks from the White House in Washington, included in its “Reporting Vietnam” exhibit her press card issued through the Christian Science Monitor and a North Vietnamese shovel for digging foxholes given to her by fellow correspondents upon her departure from Saigon and a description of her journalistic contributions.
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He did so on 17 August in a one-day visit to the front line bridges, where he gave nine shows, all standing beside a sandbag wall, ready to jump into a slit trench in case of problems; much of the time his audience were in foxholes. After the four-week tour of France, Formby returned home to start work on I Didn't Do It (released in 1945), although he continued to work on ENSA concerts and tours in Britain. Between January and March 1945, shortly after the release of He Snoops to Conquer, he left on an ENSA tour that took in Burma, India and Ceylon (the last is now Sri Lanka). The concerts in the Far East were his last for ENSA, and by the end of the war it was estimated that he had performed in front of three million service personnel.
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First Lieutenant Robinson's official Medal of Honor citation reads: > He was a field artillery forward observer attached to Company A, 253d > Infantry, near Untergriesheim, Germany, on 6 April 1945. Eight hours of > desperate fighting over open terrain swept by German machinegun, mortar, and > small-arms fire had decimated Company A, robbing it of its commanding > officer and most of its key enlisted personnel when 1st Lt. Robinson rallied > the 23 remaining uninjured riflemen and a few walking wounded, and, while > carrying his heavy radio for communication with American batteries, led them > through intense fire in a charge against the objective. Ten German > infantrymen in foxholes threatened to stop the assault, but the gallant > leader killed them all at point-blank range with rifle and pistol fire and > then pressed on with his men to sweep the area of all resistance. Soon > afterward he was ordered to seize the defended town of Kressbach.
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Appleman 1998, p. 94. Several M24 Chaffee light tanks, newly arrived from Pusan, were brought in 3rd Battalion's assault, the first use of U.S. armor in the war. The M24s disabled a T-34 while suffering two destroyed throughout the day. During this time, the North Korean 4th Division pressed on south, bypassing Chonui to the west. Following it was the North Korean 3rd Infantry Division, one day behind, granting the Americans time to rest and prepare new defenses. The 3rd Battalion held the position until just before 2400, when it withdrew to its previous position with most of the equipment that had been lost by 1st Battalion earlier in the day.Appleman 1998, p. 96. At that position, the men discovered North Korean forces occupying its old foxholes, and K Company engaged in a one-hour firefight to drive them off. Meanwhile, 1st Battalion withdrew south to new blocking positions outside of Chochiwon. At 0630 on July 11, four T-34s advanced on 3rd Battalion's position, passing through a minefield without suffering any casualties.
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Described by war correspondent Fred Aldridge as a "horseshoe volcanic feature with steep jungle-clad sides...each toe [of the ridge ended] close to the sea, forming a natural amphitheatre by the beach", it was a "textbook fortress". According to Aldridge, it was a "maze of dugouts, trenches, [and] foxholes", and was well camouflaged and heavily defended by snipers, machine guns and artillery, while supporting elements had been placed to the north, in depth, behind the Genga, near Kunamatoro. Taking over control of the northern sector from the 7th Brigade, which was subsequently transferred to the southern sector to take part in the main offensive, the 11th Brigade advanced along the coast from Kuraio Mission, sending out patrols into the interior to flush the Japanese out of their positions in the mountains as they went. The 31st/51st Infantry Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Kelly and roughly 800-strong, formed the vanguard of the advance, its main body moving along the coast road towards Amun, Sipaai and Rukussia, while patrols were sent inland from Totokei towards Lalum and Soraken, both of which were considered key Japanese positions.
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Due to inaccurate maps, several artillery savos fell on the advancing Australians, wounding several officers, including a couple of British Army officers that had been attached to the Australian battalions on exchange. Over the course of the next couple of days the Australians kept up the pressure on the Japanese defenders with fighting patrols, and small scale assaults to reduce Japanese positions around the feature. Finally, on 1 February 1944, the 2/9th made it to the crest of the hill, and subsequently found that the Japanese had disinvested themselves from the position, having fallen back to Paipa. Following its occupation, Crater Hill was surveyed by the Australians and they found that there were over 40 foxholes or pillboxes inside the position across a frontage of to a depth of ; in addition there were 110 strong points on the ridges leading to it. Throughout the first week of February, the Australian units were redeployed to new positions: the 2/10th around the 4100 feature across the Kankiryo Saddle and stretching to Crater Hill; the 2/9th from Shaggy Ridge to the Protheros and the 2/12th from Lake Hill to McCullough's Ridge.
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Citation: > The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting > the Silver Star to Major Raymond Leroy Murray (MCSN: 0-5127), United States > Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as Commanding > Officer of the Second Battalion, Sixth Marines (Reinforced), in action > against enemy Japanese forces on Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands, 26 > January 1943. When his battalion, maneuvering into a position in the > vicinity of the Pha River and the Coast Road, suddenly encountered withering > fire from an enemy strong point, Major Murray, with inspiring leadership and > utter disregard for his own personal safety, directed the hazardous advance > of his troops to their post and committed them to action. During the > remainder of the day and night he was constantly in the most exposed front > lines, despite hostile fire from the trees and concealed foxholes, and, > through his splendid courage and excellent tactical skill, his command was > responsible for the complete destruction or forced retreat of the enemy. > Major Murray's heroic conduct and valiant devotion to duty contributed > greatly to the success of this vital mission and were in keeping with the > highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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At 16:00 a Marine recon team observed 24 PAVN digging foxholes 2 miles west northwest of An Hoa and called in artillery fire on them killing 5 and causing 2 secondary explosions. At 17:50 in the same area the team observed 35 PAVN moving southeast and called in artillery fire on them killing 10. On 21 November in two sighting by Marine recon teams 36 PAVN were seen 3-6 miles northwest of An Hoa and were engaged by artillery fire killing 11. On 24 November a Marine recon team observed 60 PAVN/Viet Cong (VC) 3 miles north northwest of An Hoa and called in artillery fire on them killing 20. On 29 November a Marine recon team observed 22 PAVN 3 miles north northwest of An Hoa and called in artillery fire on them killing 12. On 5 December at 18:30 a Marine recon team observed 10 PAVN 6 miles north of An Hoa and called in artillery fire on them killing 8. At 19:00 a Marine recon team observed 15 sampans carrying 26 VC 6 miles north of An Hoa and called in artillery fire on them sinking 4 sampans and killing 16 VC. At 20:45 another Marine recon team observed 7 PAVN north of An Hoa and directed artillery fire on them killing 8.
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