War Year

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Willy and I were on top of a bunker on the perimeter. It was about two o’clock and totally black.
We had orders not to shoot until we absolutely had to; the muzzle flash and tracer rounds would give our position away. We had plenty of hand grenades, though; and even though you can’t see where you’re throwing them, at least they can’t be traced back to you.
There was a little radio in each foxhole, a PRC-25 (which everybody called a prick-25). Every perimeter bunker had a code name, starting wit
...h Tiger-1, then Tiger-2, Tiger-3, and so on up to Tiger-15. Tiger-1 was the command bunker, where the captain was. We were in Tiger-7. There were three observation posts, Oscar Poppa One, Two, and Three; groups of four men each, sitting about fifty feet outside of the perimeter to give us early warning. Oscar Poppa Two was right out in front of us, and that was where the battle started. It started out real quietly.
The prick-25 whispered. “Tiger-1, this is Oscar Poppa Two. Over.”
“Oscar Poppa Two, this is Tiger-1.
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