Stewards later witnessed him mopping the floor too, when all the other players had left. Numerous HV Home Guard units were later tasked with further mopping up operations. Firefighters focused on mopping up hotspots and suppressing spot fires. The "Luftwaffe" left the army with the task of mopping up survivors. On 28 December Stalin gave Rokossovsky the task of mopping up the Stalingrad pocket. Afterwards, a Malian lieutenant said that mopping up operations were taking place around Konna. Only small pockets of Taliban resistance remained and the military started mopping up operations. Base development proceeded rapidly once the mopping up was completed. By nightfall, the Israelis had finished mopping up resistance. Union brigade commander Colonel Samuel P. Spear was wounded in the mopping up operation. Tiger tanks were still operating in the village which made mopping up extremely difficult. Simpson subsequently turned his troops' attention to mopping up pockets of local resistance. Partisans played an important role in locating and mopping up the encircled forces. The team aided in mopping up Ngesebus Island and capturing Kongauru and Garakayo Islands. "Life" photographers were permitted to take photos of him mopping up in his prison uniform.