Spider Hole (1941, 1970)

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     Oh, all right.  I trudged through the rain to NYU to get this, from ProQuest.  Damn you, Saddam!
     An interesting "spider hole" citation was also recorded in a journal OED should have heard of called AMERICAN SPEECH.  It was written by someone named "Barnhart."


(JSTOR)
    Of Matters Lexicographical: Keeping a Record of New English, 1963-1972
Clarence L. Barnhart
American Speech, Vol. 45, No. 1/2. (Spring - Summer, 1970), pp. 98-107.
Pg. 103:
   A barrage of new military terms, whose exact senses were not always clear, were used by the press, radio, and television:  _gunship_. _medevac_, _airmobile_, _fleshette_, _firebase_, _claymore mine_, _Lazy Dog_, _incinderjell_, _Aircav_, _punji stick_, _spider hole_, _smart bomb_, _search-and-destroy_, _DMZ_, and _H and I_ (for _harassment and interdiction_).


(PROQUEST)
   Photo Standalone 1 -- No Title
The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jan 16, 1941. p. 2 (1 page):
   _SPIDER HOLE_--Soldiers at Camp Ord, Calif., one of the Nation's largest Military encampments, are learning to be expert camofleurs.  Here two of the men demonstrate the Army's new "spider hole" method of hiding a soldier.  Top--Corpl. George Jones points to the place where Private Dennis Duniphin is concealed.  Lower--Up pops Duniphin, ready for action.

   Contest Based on Walt Disney's 'Fantasia' Once More Focuses Attention on Problem -- Belmont's Oils and the Clavilux
By EDWARD ALDEN JEWELL. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 8, 1941. p. X7 (1 page)
   Barse Miller continues to express himself in the medium as effectively as he does in oil.  The thirty-one papers here assembled are for the most part very vigorously brushed, the technique "free," the mood romantic.  (...)  Excelllent also, to cite a few more examples, are...and "Spider Hole."

Article 4 -- No Title
By Homer Bigart. The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Dec 17, 1944. p. B3 (1 page):
   Generally, however, they are snug in their spider holes and must be dug out with bayonet and grenade.

Pacific Echoes
GENE SHERMAN. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Apr 4, 1945. p. 2 (1 page):
   On the knoll they found nearly 100 Jap spider holes, a sort of a circular fox hole into which the diminutive Nips can crouch.

Pacific Echoes
GENE SHERMAN. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Mar 25, 1945. p. 2 (1 page)

Va. Sergeant Uses 4 Bullets, Bayonet To Down 6 Japs
The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jul 25, 1945. p. 3 (1 page):
   Suddenly six of them sprang from their "spider holes" and charged the patrol.

Tear gas used again in Vietnam; Previous ban recalled Dense undergrowth
By Takashi Oka Special correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file). Boston, Mass.: Oct 11, 1965. p. 2 (1 page):
   The tunnel was found to hav been abandoned, but the 174rd (sic) hopes before the operation ends to prove that tear gas is a more humane weapon than bombs or grenades tossed into tunnels, spider holes, or bunkers.