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itfmtmt W: Ci Orttfcii 1. 1M3^ pneM, amt MnAz.... dL&peAM, ,X .vH^ Swww'rTW ' ^ i-Ji „ . * ijl. take into the consideration tho )repuis positions where needed. With the vt and an secondary assault bogged down in ipooding defense posts. Note snlpeis and StreoUttf Into oclioa. soMIen msh ior tfceir positions. Some will man guns, Mme m to foxholes, ond eom« head for cover in the woods and underbrush. Their job is to Im pede the progress of the assault and to ottempt to wipe the attacking force out complel> ly. They drop their fobs os clerks, mechonics, cooks, etc., ond prepare to repulse the enem race to the lad have been wij^ out. Troops detoiled maps, but good camou*' Boat defenses a secret. CravHiag orar the debris el an ammunition diunp vrrecked by hond-grenodes, enemy troops press on Into with ering fire from mochlne-guns and snipers. Grenades and mortar shells have begun to thin their ronks. s Desperately, eneniy treeps stwnible on. A few. caugh^ in the barbed-wire entonglements, are riddled as the re;, seek cover. Land mines have slowed their advonce and th effect hos been demoralising. WHh a le^ of grim ootlsiactien on bis face, this sniper lifts the cover of his "spider-hole." From the moment the alarm bell rang he has been a sniper. Actuolly, his assigned fob is os on oizplone mechanic. The main ideo of such training is to condition men to pmetise these vital principles. Regardless of what o man's fob may be in an olrdrpme. he may be 'called on ot any time to defMd himself and those working with him. Esperl- eiioe- in the early phases of this war, when Jap forces .were Boving in on PhlUpplne airfields and the Germcms made a spectator porotroop and glider conquest of British-held Crete, hat shown that field personnel must be trained to re pulse sdch attacks. The Airdrome Defense Area, under &e supervision of the Poet Comoiiflage Office, teaches men here on Urn field the fundamentals of such defense. VICTOITI Advoncfaig ccmUeosiTf ear .Ireepa rise ever flwlt entrenchmente, olwoyt on the olert for eneihy troops "playing 'posexun." Moving with core, they now compile the flnol phase of the repulse, os they mop up bot^tle sections. Then, with the oirdfoM held for our own forces, they can return to their regular duties about the Held. . k££p jpoiifL JbaitdDwiL...
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