Victory at Sea - USS Houston Konflikt-47-10 A petard team would be

A petard team would be accompanied by other troops whose task it was to clear the way for the explosives to be placed and to protect the team from the enemy while they went about their dangerous task

The corporals have their carbines to keep the enemy’s heads down

it proved its mettle against newer

Its only significant use by land forces was by airborne troops and by the Royal Marine Commandos

Victory at Sea - USS Houston Konflikt-47-10 A petard team would beOriginally conceived as a light cruiser, USS Houston (second of her name) was reclassified as a heavy cruiser early in her life, serving in the 1930s to protect American interest in the China Japan war of 1931 and later transporting President Roosevelt on special cruises. On the night of the Pearl Harbour attack, Houston departed Panay Island for Australia joining the American British Dutch Australian naval force at Surabaya. She participated in the