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the squad leaders manned the half-tracks’ machine guns

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Surely combatants would and did die in these mock confrontations and through small raids but this was not the norm

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These garments were referred to as both “shell jackets” or “depot jackets” and almost universally made from wool or a wool and cotton blend which was known as “jean

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