The ODAs managed to call in additional CAS which covered the withdrawal of the fire support ODAs out of mortar range and finally suppressed the majority of Objective Stone's defenders, ODAs 394 and 395 quickly resupplied on ammunition and returned to the battle.
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In 1943 44, as part of the West Virginia Maneuver Area, the U . S . Army used the Canaan Valley area as a practice artillery and mortar range and maneuver area before troops were sent to European Theater of Operations to fight in World War II.
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Five hours after an Israeli general told reporters Tuesday that his troops might stay in the tiny pocket of Palestinian-controlled territory for months _ ensuring that Sderot, an Israeli town outside Gaza, would be beyond Palestinian mortar range _ his forces were on the way out, ordered by Sharon.
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Israel television reported that the security Cabinet, made up of senior ministers, discussed Israeli strategy following a week in which the Israelis tried occupying a sliver of Palestinian-controlled territory in Gaza to move an Israeli town out of mortar range, but hastily withdrew under stiff U . S . pressure.
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Lt . Col . Firman Kagame, Rwandan army commander for the region, told The Associated Press that a small group of commandos crossed into Zaire after dark and drove Zairian forces back from the town and out of mortar range of Cyangugu, the town across the Ruzizi River in Rwanda.
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In 1943 and'44, as part of the West Virginia Maneuver Area, the U . S . Army used the area as a practice artillery and mortar range and maneuver area before troops were sent to Europe to fight in World War II . Cabin Mountain and Blackbird Knob served as designated targets.
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Since President Clinton had to conclude his pilgrimage to Syria without getting any decent peace newsbreaks for his trouble, or time to take the exciting tourist trip to the two dozen torture centers of Damascus or the mortar ranges of the rich variety of terrorist camps, I thought he might be in the mood for a nice Hasidic joke.
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In 1943 and 1944, as part of the West Virginia Maneuver Area, the U . S . Army used parts of the MNF as a practice artillery and mortar range and maneuver area before troops were sent to Europe to fight in World War II . Artillery and mortar shells shot into the area for practice are still occasionally found there today.
