Show men trained h to bust pillboxes Pill boxes suc success a of allied troops in invasion of europe due to hard drilling washington some of tile the bravest soldiers in the U S arm army it was a job only for the brave made the initial land attack on the fortress of europe by knocking out pillboxes pill boxes and other fortifications of the atlantic wall says a story released by the war department up upon on the invasion of europe assault tactics perfected in north africa sicily and italy were drilled into troops in great britain to for months before the actual invasion special training was given infantry units which were designated for the spearhead of the attack the assault on concrete ments is one of the most exciting and dangerous operations of modern war it looks impossible but it as american doughboys dough boys have proved the key to success is plain old fashioned fortitude spelled with a capital G originally the reduction of fortifications ficat ions was considered a job for engineers however after some experiences perien ces it became apparent that it would be more effective to train infantry with special engineer weapons ons a and nd this was the technique used in europe wire blown to hits bits the preparation is provided by artillery by naval guns by air bombardment bar dment and by waterproofed tanks firing hull down in tile the water there are 30 men in an assault section 29 enlisted men and one officer this is the capacity of the hie assault boats and it is also the most convenient size for attacking a single ingle pillbox it is the job of the first men ashore to locate land mines and fault sale lanes with special tracing trips strips As part of this operation barbed wire must be cut and american sol diers have a wonderful weapon for this purpose it is the bangalore torpedo which blows a wide swath through the wire then the other members of the team follow through the wire and move up the beach one of the most dramatic actions of the assault is carried out by the rocket gunners firing the famous bazookas bazoukas bazo okas their mission is to attack the pillbox apertures aper tures to silence enemy fire and the accuracy of american rocket gunners is remarkable the climax of the entire operation la Is played by the soldier with the flamethrower flame thrower and the man with the demolition charge As soon as one pillbox blobs the entire section moves forward for another attack during a landing operation these tactics are repeated by many squads along a considerable front there will be at least one division in line and probably more fear not secret weapons all the inventive brains and mechanical cha ch acal anical skill at the command comma nd of hillers Hit lers germany went into devising and manufacturing weapons with which to combat the allied invasion of western europe but the best they could devise seems to hold no terror for the yanks the results range from fantastic probabilities improbabilities Im employing the farthest advances of a perverted science through bright ideas of common killers down to battle suggest ed improvements of standard weapons before the invasion german propagandists made much capital of secret weapons that would turn any tide in their favor at one fell stroke and some of the actual german equipment lent color to their claims most of the secret weapon talk however was pretty generally written off as simply hot air the germans necessarily have to rely principally on the unromantic realities of fixed fortifications artillery tanks machine guns barbed wire miner and men with rifles protect bees some kind of protection from the wind is necessary for bees all year around but it is especially needed during the winter many beekeepers bee keepers use packing cases cub reporter id I 1 d like some advice un h u r rin n a aie s 1 ap e r editor edito r youve yo L iv L ionic i i to t 0 tho wrong wron axi on L son ask otic one of my subscribers subscribe e rs w the burden of proof I 1 as on the bu r to demonstrate dp that any ot of the e abnormal wartime restrictions on oil industry should be perpetuated LM L M S Ruke sor economist |