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r^« Ort»t»> % IMJ Anuo-MECB IiTi— Mmb VtaU. K Cl ^ * in. ... pieepL ... mml judifi .«Ba ^nMUNmoH 00(^9 iUJUnilf TfuMig^ fMr warning lyrttw. ^Bcoit «i dolr oa cn ImoglnarT airfield lomewhere in -the combat area get news that on enemy paratroop attack is expected. Ifflinediately the c^lorm iP sounded and o rehearsed plan of defense goes into action. Men hare assigned posts and areas which they take during the repulse oi on attack. WItk beodgnaileii fai tte hangati. the direction of the attack. Men ore rushed to pxepc main enemy thrust^oming from the Soutfaeofl a a wooded area, men are sent to the oorrespoo machine-guns. BerOi snipers, dressed la camoafkige uniforms of mot tled brown and green with burlop ribbons confusing their outlines, ore directed |nto hiding. They take positions cot- ering the assault of the enemy troops. Mobile resenres move mie prepared sandbag defenses or crouch in field trenches and foxholes. They ore ready at any time to leave their posts in order to attock or withstand on assault in some other sector. Dockiag on attack. Foxholes in foreground i hove been prepared with deta flage has kept location of moi Completely deoMwoUxed by sniping from positions he cannot see and grenades thrown ^m invisible positions, this enemy soldier loses his head. Whether he intends le surrender or not, he's a'perfect shot. ' m mmtmj paratrooper who'll never leel Ubo sitting down onymoiol Under murderous hre from machine-guns, he's forgotten one of the basic facts of camouflage^ Keep Your Toll Down. Soldier to his right uses the "oat crawl'' moving on hU bonds and knees. The frensy of the assauH and the vigor of the defense has lefMhem no t^e lo dig in ioc ooees. Token through the courtesy and oo-operodion of the Post Comotiflage Officer, Captain V. F. Meyl, these pictuioi ^ow how principles of oomouflags ore taught to soldiei* here at Seymour Johnson Field. The Airdrome Defenra PtcKh tise Area, which is the eoene of theee photograidis, is this training field for such oj^zotlons. Mta ore toughf here to observe the basic principles of oamoufloge noted at the top and bottom of theso pagos. Dig in, ireese, oover up* disporso, slg-sag, hide In shodosm, use your fudgoment ond onmmna sonse, cad koep your tail down. Qouah, jup... hidbL in. AkadowA...
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