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Default 09-22-2003, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BucKweEd
I got one question

what are "shingles" in war terms

like in SPR. Miller yells in the opening scene when they were gonna blew up the seawall he yells "CLEAR THE SHINGLES!"

what is that?
"shingle" just means the stones that make up the part of Normandy beaches just before the sea-wall, ie shingle instead of sand.
  
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