World Battlefronts: Tap Day

Marine Lieut. Lawson Brammer thought he saw something dark hurtling through the Okinawa sky. Before he could duck it slapped him on the shoulder, spun him around, threw him eight feet and sent his gun flying. Then it plowed a gash in the ground, ricocheted, hit again 300 yards away and exploded. Unbruised, Lieut. Brammer had cold-shouldered a Japanese shell.

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