A military admonishment to infantrymen while crawling under barbed wire or across terrain toward the enemy.
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As we left our trench and began to crawl toward the forward lines of the Bosche, Sargeant Bourke ground through his teeth the gut wrenching words: Quiet! And Keep Your Heads Down!

Submitted by WerterBuch on June 11, 2015

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