In the hills and valleys of Tennessee the U.S. Army ''played" at war. But it was not play. It was good hard work, and those engaged in it knew that the difference between national victory and defeat, between individual life and death was likely to depend on how much of the know-how of war U.S. soldiers learned in the foothills of the Cumberlands. The following are a few scenes from that deadly-earnest schoolroom:
By 9 a.m. the sun was blistering hot. Northeast of Beechgrove, the Second Armored Division (of the "Red" army), with...
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