My Father Amongst Dragon’s Teeth in WW II

A picture of my father, age nineteen, standing by a field of Dragon’s teeth while fighting by The Siegfried Line. Nearly his entire troop was replaced three times during the war. He was one of three men who survived from the original troop.

“Dragon’s teeth were used by all sides in the European Theatre. The Germans made extensive use of them in the Siegfried Line and the Atlantic Wall. Typically, each “tooth” was 90 to 120 cm (3 to 4 ft) tall depending on the precise model. Land mines were often laid between the individual “teeth”, and further obstacles constructed along the lines of “teeth” (such as barbed wire to impede infantry, or diagonally placed steel beams to further hinder tanks). The French army employed them in the Maginot Line, while many were laid in the United Kingdom in 1940–1941 as part of the effort to strengthen the country’s defences against a possible German invasion.”

Souce: Wikipedia

For The Grammar Freaks Out There (like me): Among vs. Amongst

“Amongst is a variant of among. There is no difference between them. While amongst is fairly common—though still rare compared to among—in British, Australian, and Canadian English, it is rare in American English and may even have an archaic ring.The -st at the end of amongst is a holdover from a period of English in which s sounds were added to words (usually nouns) to make adverbs. Other examples of words inflected this way include always, once, whence, and unawares, and there are a few other -st adverbs such as whilst and amidst.”

Source: http://www.grammarist.com