Hell's Half Acre

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Hell's Half Acre - a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice

Hell's Kitchen

Manhattan - one of the five boroughs of New York City

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Signature Event for San Diego Celebrates 11 Years

"Airplanes dropped us all over hell's half acre," chided Lance-Corporal H.R.

Show No Fear: "Jump into Chaos: 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion on D-Day"

Search around the spoil islands all through the region and anywhere else that grass beds drop suddenly into deeper water, such as around the fingers along Rocky Channel in Pine Island Sound or around Hell's Half Acre east of Captiva Pass.