Backstabbing, garroting, throat-cutting and decapitation are among the subjects taught at a progressive school of guerrilla warfare organized "somewhere in England" by Spanish Civil War Fighter Tom Wintringham and visited last week by Chicago Tribune's Guy Murchie Jr.
After learning sentry-stalking in the Indian fashion, home-defense volunteers attending the school were taught to use a knife as the principal weapon of silent combat. Although throat-cutting was demonstrated and practiced on dummies, back-stabbing was recommended because it usually involves less noise, and a proficient stabber should be able to account for several sentries in...
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