PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1952
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
NUMBER 9
SEPTEMBER 1952
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normAµ U²e ¶h·¶ you
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yoU coddµe Ànd
CleÁn ³nd oIµ And
wIpe yoU sÃIµµ got
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Äo haUµ yoUR weaPOn to wherE i¶Ås
ÆeededÇ oVer groUnd ÃhÈtÉd shake
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Ánd ²welled ¶o bu¿²¶ing by rÖw
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nÛ¶ur³µ µÜfe your gun i² cheweD by
sand and siµtÝ Ánd Alµ iº² moÞeß
men¶s aRe b³»¶eRed Ànd shocàed by
áound afÃer roUnd
of poUndâng
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äEÃÅs seÎ what can h½ppen.
ån Ãhe ærs¶ pµAce thοeç² Brinè
HIGH ANGLE CANT
ON YOUR HOWITZER
neélingê ëhIs i² ºhe nÖme for whÛ¾
happens when metìµ pound²
AgAInst meÃaµ and mÁke² dent² oí
ºîoUghsï ðhen thereñs shrink And
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coµd
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prove ¶he ĈwI²ĉĊw·¾ch pûċi²ioý oó
thoČ mUµtIčmiĎĎĄme¶e¿ beďnøhĐ¾đ
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or howI¾zer t·ÿes Most of ¾his
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whüĝ you Ğ÷Ąnÿ heğĆ nü±¶Ġy zeíoġ
in · ûO·dblþkĢ
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ways show Up in yoUr sigh¾²Ā
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give² you A Ħugh tIme Ĕt ¾÷e highħ
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yoĜr Īre when the tuīĬø ±w±y up
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you thInk ĶhI² canĘt h±ppeý to
youķ ì²k ¾hü nü·íü²¾ obsü¿ve¿ how
of¾en yoU ĸ¹nded you¿ ĆĹotting
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