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February 24, 2015

Australia's deadliest sniper, Ian Robertson, 'never did the arithmetic'

At the end of a week, the Australians took the hill with a bayonet charge, led by a heroic figure called Len Opie, who took several strongholds single-handedly.

Robertson ran up to the enemy position he'd been shooting at earlier that day, and saw something he never forgot. Where he had been firing, there were 30 bodies. One morning's bloody work. "Just one morning," he repeats, shaking his head. "And I'd been there all week. I got a feeling of horror. I never did the arithmetic. I still don't want to." via reddit.com

Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 24, 2015 11:34 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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