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13.09.2015 19:15:35
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WWII; Танки; Армия;
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Re: Салерно, как...
Chaplains of the
36th Infantry Division
by
Chaplain (Colonel) Herbert E. MacCombie
Division Chaplain
On Salerno Beachhead With General Walker
"Later in the morning some German tanks approached. I was in an open field near the one artillery piece we had in that area. As the tanks came on I lay flat. Suddenly our artillery opened fire. The first shell was a direct hit. The tank burst into flames. Men came tumbling out with flesh hanging in strips from their arms and legs. I was sorry for them but glad for my own safety. The gun kept firing. Later on some of the prisoners asked where our “rapid fire gun” had come from.
The incident reminded me of the Louisiana maneuvers. At that time we had a 75mm concealed as some tanks approached down a road. We claimed a hit and a tank destroyed. The umpire overruled us. He said, “It would be impossible for a direct hit to damage a tank”. Our Texas artillery achieved “the impossible” at Salerno. I was there. I saw it done."
http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/36division/archives/chaplain/022.htm