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Jack Hyde correspondence, 1930-1976
Jack Hyde to Pearl Hyde Page 8
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which someone else had built It was the whole division plus 6 battalions of combat engineers and 8 battalions of IX Corps heavy artillery The barrage was started at 0230 and continued until 0610 when the assault began The shells exploding made the ground rock all night The 8 heavy ^(155mm rifles)^ heavy art. Bns were firing from 15 miles away and our own 3 art. bns. from 10 miles back We couldn't hear the muzzle blast from the guns All we could hear was the sighing of the shells as they passed overhead and the terrific noise from
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which someone else had built It was the whole division plus 6 battalions of combat engineers and 8 battalions of IX Corps heavy artillery The barrage was started at 0230 and continued until 0610 when the assault began The shells exploding made the ground rock all night The 8 heavy ^(155mm rifles)^ heavy art. Bns were firing from 15 miles away and our own 3 art. bns. from 10 miles back We couldn't hear the muzzle blast from the guns All we could hear was the sighing of the shells as they passed overhead and the terrific noise from
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