You Can't Get Much Closer Than This.You Can't Get Much Closer Than This A.Z. Adkins, Jr. & Andrew Z. Adkins, III Casemate case·mate n. 1. A fortified enclosure for artillery on a warship. 2. An armored compartment for artillery on a rampart. Publishing 2114 Darby Road, Havertown, PA 19083 www.casematepublishing.com 1932033289 $32.95 1-610-853-9131 You Can't Get Much Closer Than This: Combat With Company H, 317th Regiment, 80th Division is a firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first account of life and death on the front lines in the European Theater of World War II. Author A. Z. Adkins, Jr. learned the hard way that he was capable of killing and keeping his cool under fire, and earned a Bronze Star Bronze Star n. A U.S. military decoration awarded either for heroism or for meritorious achievement in ground combat. Noun 1. for his delivery of critical supplies to a cut-off cut-off Anesthesiology The point at which elongation of the carbon chain of the 1-alkanol family of anesthetics results in a precipitous drop in the anesthetic potential of these agents–eg, at > 12 carbons in length, there is little anesthetic activity, unit in an embattled em·bat·tled adj. 1. Prepared or fortified for battle or engaged in battle: embattled troops; an embattled city. 2. French town. When he was wounded by a German artillery shell, he began on a detailed journal of his experiences while recuperating in a hospital, which would eventually become the basis for this extraordinary memoir. An appendix filled with facts about the 80th Infantry Division and infantry organizations, as well as a glossary round out this gritty, at times depressing, yet always forthright testimony. |
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