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The enemy fire was very intense. >> 8,000 in our group were killed and wounded. >> the thing that you have to remember, stay alive. when you land, it is either you or that guy. the problem we had, we went in with the paratroopers. we could carry 15 men heavily armed and put them in one spot. but the paratroopers that went in before us were isolating, the parachute. they would hit poles and break their backs, arms and legs. it was awful. >> the smell of exploding gunpowder and shortly afterwards, the smell of people,
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