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Your assignment tonight is strategic. You can’t give the enemy a break. Send ’em to hell.
— Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort ‧ The Longest Day
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker gives an order: tonight's task is strategic, and the enemy must get no respite. The closing phrase, sending them to hell, is a fierce call to press hard. The tone is blunt, urgent and unsparing.
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