title: Steiner's War-The Merville Battery
author: Mr Michael Rodney Strong
description: During the period 1983-2003 the author, Major Michael Strong, undertook research and display work for the Merville Battery museum in Normandy. This book and "Sid's War" are the outcome.
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   "Describe him," Ryan demanded
   The one-eyed man's heart was pounding in his chest. It was impossible. This could not be happening.
   The brothers exchanged a glance. "The Trader? Hell, I dunno," Sparrow said. "Never saw the guy. He
  was always inside a big-ass tank, stays behind a blister of the mil glass."
   "How many wags?" J.B. pressed him. "Describe them!"
   Sparrow scrunched his face. "Well, there were three, one big wag and two others, each plated with
  metal and covered with blasters. Big stuff. Baron Gaza was scared to death of the guy. Hell, who
  wouldn't be with all his weapons?"
   "More," Ryan said through clenched teeth.
   Fumbling for a reply, Jed scratched his head. "Well, I heard Kate call the big truck War Wag One. That
  help any?"
   The universe seemed to go still at those simple words, as if it were breaking apart and rejoining in a new
  pattern, reorganizing itself on a most basic of levels.
   "He made it," Ryan said quietly. "trader's alive!"
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