The Face of War |
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ahead amtrac Apparently arms assault barricade battalion bayonets began beside blood body buildings called close clothes column coming covered crawled crossed crouched dark dead distance ditch drop dust enemy eyes faces feet field fighting figures fire flank flat forward front going gooks grenades ground half hand head heard heavy hell helmet hills hole infantry jeep jumped knee Korean later lead light looked machine gun Marines minutes mortar motors mouth moved noise orchard passed past platoon reached rear regiment ridge rifle riflemen rising road rolled rose running seconds seemed shells shoulder side slope smoke Soon sound stand steel stood stopped street suddenly talk tanks tell things town trying turned units valley voice waiting walking wall watched wave weapons wondered wounded yelling