10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLIT TRENCH»
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slit trench in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
slit trench and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Agricultural Engineering: Proceedings of the 11th ...
2.2 Slit trench drainage Slit trench drainage experiments have also been carried
out to improve drainage in Finland. In slit trench drainage narrow trenches are
dug into the field and then filled with a material of high hydraulic conductivity.
Patrick Grace, Vincent A. Dodd, 1989
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Practical Drainage for Golf, Sportsturf and Horticulture
What happens if there are no pipes in the bottom of the sand slit trench? There
are those who advocate installing these trenches without any pipes in the bottom
of the primary trenches. These sand-filled trenches then intersect with feeder ...
Keith McIntyre, Bent Jakobsen, 2000
3
Red River Valley Fighter Pilots
Yankee Air Pirate Versus The Pygmy People I was yanked back to
consciousness by several frenzied, adolescent militia persons (who had been
cowering in a slit trench about 30 yards away). I stood up, and for the first time
since the hot baths ...
4
US World War II and Korean War Field Fortifications 1941-53
If the position was occupied long enough a 2-3ft-deep slit trench would be dug to
the rear and covered with logs and earth to provide a one-man sleeping area. No
plans were specified for this in the manuals until after the World War II. Another ...
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FIRST WORLD WAR: YPRES 1918 -TIMED JUSTICE- GHOST
TRENCH
across a slit trench about eight feet long, which had been held by the Germans, to
our left front about twenty yards away was a field of Swedes. While the others
took shelter in the trench, my teammate and I crawled forward into the field with
the ...
We leamed an important thing about slit trench protection when one of the men
dived into a slit trench to avoid the strafing. When he dove into the slit trench his
feet were pointed into the direction of the oncoming plane, and of course, his
head ...
The plow is lowered into a starter hole, and as the plow moves forward, it vibrates
a narrow slit trench that the pipe slides through, pulling behind it a continuous run
of pipe. After runs of pipe are pulled, locations for valves and heads are ...
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Soviet Field Fortifications 1941-45
Two or three layers of crisscrossed logs might be used too. The shelter itself was
then dug out from the trench side underneath the log roof. An earth bench seat
was left on one side roughly level with the trench floor and a narrow slit trench
dug ...
9
Incidents in the Life of A B-25 Pilot
All personal were advised to dig a slit trench close to one's tent. This was advice
not an order so only a few trenches were dug. Most people believed that the
mosquitoes would be more of a danger in a slit trench than the Japanese bombs
on ...
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Voices of World War II
You would dig a slit trench and before you would get down six inches it would
start to fill up with water. If it didn't fill up with water, it would rain. They were cold,
wet, and damp conditions. The food was another thing. If you had a cast-iron ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLIT TRENCH»
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slit trench is used in the context of the following news items.
All Outdoors: 2015 bear season offers more generous opportunities
The nearest to me was a slit trench. 'Nuff' said. ELMER AND TIGER UNITE: It is a family trait that it is better to love than fight. The problem is that you do come in ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
Remembering Frank Kameny, the Moses of the LGBT Movement
Over a decade earlier, as he told CNN, he had earned a combat infantryman badge for having “dug [his] way across Europe slit trench by slit trench, practically. «Forward, Jul 15»
Dunkirk veterans to remember fallen comrades
I went down to the beach and dug myself a little slit trench with my tin hat. It was sheer hell on Earth." Aside from Operation Dynamo, two other troop evacuations ... «BBC News, May 15»
Dunkirk veterans gather in France to commemorate WWII evacuation
I went down to the beach and dug myself a little slit trench with my tin hat.” “I never thought I would get off that beach,” he added. “Every half hour they would ... «The Guardian, May 15»
7 first-world problems only Post-9/11 troops will understand
Unlike your old man having to dig a slit trench in Vietnam, you just have to walk to an outhouse that gets cleaned out every day. The struggle is real. «We Are The Mighty, Apr 15»
Major Denis Arnold - obituary
He walked quietly up the path until he was within a few paces of a slit trench. Inside, there were four Japanese with a light machine gun who were not keeping a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
Tony Bennett: What I've Learned
I was sketching in a slit trench, hiding out, waiting for the Germans. All of a sudden, I heard a whistle. I knew immediately that it was coming right at us. The noise ... «Esquire, Oct 14»
Seventy years later, a D-Day veteran believes a guardian angel …
As darkness fell on the first night, Scheer said he dug a narrow slit trench about two feet deep and tried to sleep. He woke in the morning, partly covered in sand ... «Washington Post, Jun 14»
Prince Harry to visit scene of the Battle of Monte Cassino on 70th …
“You had to advance rock by rock, from slit trench to slit trench. We were wet through, we all had dysentery and we were hungry. We had no proper food – even ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»
WW1 German soldier recalls moment he bayoneted foe to death
There we dug at first small trenches, slit trenches, each man for himself. Then we connected the trenches and then the whole trench system from the North Sea to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
