The Face of War |
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1st Marine Division ahead aidmen ain't airborne amtrac armor arms artillery barricade battalion bayonets bazooka blast blood burning canteen chutes column corpsman crawled crouched dead debris ditch drifting drop dungarees dust enemy eyes FACE OF WAR faces feet fighting figures fire flank flat front fuggin going gooks grenades gunfire hand head heard heavy hell helmet hills hole Inchon infantry jeep jumped knee Korean lead tank littered looked machine gun Marines minutes mortar motors mouth moved forward mumbled noise orchard paddies passed peered platoon Pyongyang rain rattled rear regiment ridge line ridgetop rifle riflemen ripped road roar rolled rose running Sariwon seawall seemed Seoul shells shoulder slam slope smoke sniper Sniper-scope sound stared steel straight dope suddenly Sukchon Taejon talk things tiny troopers troops trotted turned turret valley voice Waegwan walking wall watched wave weapons white phosphorus wounded yelling