11. Slit trenches were built in parks and schoolyards, windows were taped, and brownouts were applied to buildings.12. Kennemore was fighting in a slit trench alongside two other Marines when a grenade landed beside him. 13. They made love and slept the night in a slit trench because all the hotels were full. 14. The remaining prisoners responded to the threat of a pitched battle on their doorstep by digging slit trenches . 15. At night Salerno and Haas and I lay in our slit trench , wrapped around each other, terrifically cold. 16. Afterward we cleared out slit trenches , four feet deep, about 2 to 3 feet wide, 6 feet long. 17. Jamieson sprang from his slit trench . 18. The camp was named after an area landowner and served as an army camp, slit trench and anti-aircraft battery. 19. Air raid precautions were organised and all schools in North Queensland were required to provide slit trenches for pupils. 20. Day raids were a thing of the past so personnel had become lax in the upkeep of their slit trenches .