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Target for German Artillery
- Creator
- Cobb, John Candler, II, 1919-2016
- Creation Date
- 1943/12
- Who
- WWII driver
- When
- WWII
- Where
- Italy
- license
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The sign, “HELL FIRE LANE” was appropriate; this square in front of the Medical Dressing Station remained under spasmodic German shell fire for months.
While I was fortunately inside the Dressing Station, my ambulance, seen here at the right, picked up a few more shrapnel holes. One piece penetrated one of my books. The truck at the left had taken a direct hit and burned.
Location: Medical Dressing Station, San Vito.