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Jack Hyde correspondence, 1930-1976
Jack hyde to Pearl Hyde Page 4
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4 place in order to be able to shoot downward. It is also their duty to "mine" all bridges with our demolition kits. (Suitcase affairs which carry 100 pounds of T.N.T.) (d) Duties of Patrol No. 3. (1.) This patrol makes for the R.R. station, hell bent, and siezes the station master and halts all train movement. Proceed to warehouse, siezes supplies in the name of the U.S. Govt., counts rolling stock, and de-mobilizes. Also inventory the warehouse. (e) Duties of Patrol No. 4. (1) This patrol of which I am a member) does the downright dirty work. All members must have a working knowledge of the enemy language, in order to question prisoners. They must round up the mayor, chief of police, sherrif, postmaster, banker, political leaders, doctors, nurses, town engineer, radio station operator, and town commandant, if any. Also all subversive peoples, and it is the duty of this patrol to shoot them. Pay special attention to radio station as a possible propaganda distributor. Quick inventory of town. What to keep, what to destroy. It's up to this patrol to decide whether or not to destroy the town. All depending on what is stored in it. Generalities-- Division unit of gasoline.--Or how many gallons is necessary to move the 10th Armed division, 1 mile. Roughly - 500 gallons!
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4 place in order to be able to shoot downward. It is also their duty to "mine" all bridges with our demolition kits. (Suitcase affairs which carry 100 pounds of T.N.T.) (d) Duties of Patrol No. 3. (1.) This patrol makes for the R.R. station, hell bent, and siezes the station master and halts all train movement. Proceed to warehouse, siezes supplies in the name of the U.S. Govt., counts rolling stock, and de-mobilizes. Also inventory the warehouse. (e) Duties of Patrol No. 4. (1) This patrol of which I am a member) does the downright dirty work. All members must have a working knowledge of the enemy language, in order to question prisoners. They must round up the mayor, chief of police, sherrif, postmaster, banker, political leaders, doctors, nurses, town engineer, radio station operator, and town commandant, if any. Also all subversive peoples, and it is the duty of this patrol to shoot them. Pay special attention to radio station as a possible propaganda distributor. Quick inventory of town. What to keep, what to destroy. It's up to this patrol to decide whether or not to destroy the town. All depending on what is stored in it. Generalities-- Division unit of gasoline.--Or how many gallons is necessary to move the 10th Armed division, 1 mile. Roughly - 500 gallons!
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