daisy-cutters anti-personnel shells that are fired at ground level.
dixie an oversized iron cooking pot.
Dolbenberg a mountain outside Paul's hometown.
dressing-station a first-aid tent where wounded men are stabilized before being transported to military hospitals.
dripping the fat and juices that drip from roasting meat.
dust-up [Slang] a commotion, quarrel, or fight.
English heavies cannons, or field artillery.
esprit de corps group spirit; sense of pride, honor, etc. shared by those in the same group or undertaking.
excreta waste matter excreted from the body, as sweat or urine.
Feast of the Tabernacles Sukkot; a Jewish festival celebrating the fall harvest and commemorating the desert wandering of the Israelites during the Exodus; observed from the 15th to the 22d day of Tishri, the first month of the Jewish year.
fete festival, entertainment.
flame-thrower a weapon for shooting a stream of flaming gasoline, oil, napalm, etc.
Flanders region in northwest Europe, on the North Sea, including a part of northwest France and the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in Belgium.
Flanders to the Vosges from a region in northwest Europe, on the North Sea, including a part of northwest France and the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in Belgium to a mountain range in northeast France, west of the Rhine.
flying divisions mobile units capable of rapid deployment wherever they are needed.
Frisian people of Friesland or the Frisian Islands, near the eastern German-Dutch border.
Froggies [Slang] the French; term of contempt or derision.
