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Description
Mr. Henley describes how the Germans tied several 'potato masher' grenades together to increase their potential for damage, and how he and his officer were badly wounded by one of these devices.
Transcription
He had his jaw blown off by the same bunch of grenades that caught me. Six potato mashers tied to a piece of wood and see, the potato masher, you unscrewed the end and the little porcelain knob come out on a string all these untied these six after they were tied around to a piece of wood long enough to make a handle and then you tied all these little knobs together one bunch these cords and then when you were trying to blast the trench the German simply pulled these bunch of them and threw them right in amongst ya. Well it was one hell of an explosion. Six of those potato mashers which each of them was a heck of a, was a real bad, but that's what they used, we got caught on that. Topp lost his jaw, I had my leg shattered, I had a few odd pieces.