The Hook, '53.Fancy fortified position, inherited from the Poms Now we have moved up in style, this was the first time we came acrossprefabricated bunkers in the line. No way would these be referred to asfoxholes, they were too good. This is a rear position plainly, and on TheHook in 53. My guess would be that engineers and Korean laborers builtthem, not your ordinary line soldier. Those on the forward areas wereunder ground, and constructed using solid timber beams for frames androof. They were as good as you could hope to get in every defensive way,and would need a direct hit from a fairly large caliber shell to destroythem. I do not know if the Americans or Brits built these, the former Isuspect as the cost could have been out of the Brit range at that time!Geez I look skinny here, things must have been getting to me by now! |
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