On Korea's Hill 217, time hung heavy on the hands of huge, handsome Rifleman William ("Samson") Speakman of the Black Watch. It was the eve of Guy Fawkes Day (Nov. 5), a day on which Britons remember with firecrackers the anniversary of the 1605 "Gunpowder Plot" on Parliament, and that gave Samson an idea. "Let's build up a nice pile of grenades," he suggested to Sergeant "Dolly" Duncan. "Then, when the Commies come, we'll let 'em have it." Dolly agreed, and the two set to work filling a trench with hand grenades and chuckling over the Guy Fawkes surprise...
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