Word: 82nd
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pressed hard for a border commission to keep an eye on Greece's boundaries with Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria during the next two years. Russia, hinting it might veto, managed to delay the U.S. proposal. Washington let it be known that the 2nd Marine Division and the 82nd Airborne Division in North Carolina were standing by. These two units should be enough to handle whatever forces General Markos Vafiades, the Communist guerrilla leader in northern Greece, had at his disposal...
...occupation, supply and housekeeping chores. Of the 89 divisions in service when Germany fell, the Army has only twelve left. Less than three are available to join the Marines in immediate action today, and all of them are in the U.S.: the understrength 2nd Armored and 2nd Infantry, the 82nd Airborne...
...already sent his personal plane, the Sacred Cow, to Mexico City for President Aleman, and arranged to have an escort of twelve 6-293 pick it up at New Orleans. He would greet the Mexican party at the airport with most of his Cabinet, an honor guard from the 82nd Airborne Division and a 21-gun salute. President Aleman would address a joint session of the Congress, stay at least one night at the White House, travel to Mount Vernon on the presidential yacht Williams burg, and use the presidential Pullman for a trip to New York (which also planned...
...whom Ulen leans heavily. Forbes Norris looms as the leading contender for the distance pulls, with National competition in the 1500 meter event under his belt. Paired with Gorman, and keeping him company all the way, Ulen hopes, will probably be John Watkins, an ex-trooper of the 82nd Airborne. Bob Snow, who took over Gorman's chores last year, will probably supply depth...
...found an assistant for his experiment. Next day Government and Communist conferees were handed a translation from English into Chinese, with a brief preface: "The following address was delivered to the Convention which produced the Constitution of the U.S. It was given by Benjamin Franklin, then in his 82nd year." The Chinese, who had been grumbling over the unity formula just worked out by their own constitutional convention, the Political Consultation Conference, read what Franklin...