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...sold worldwide. Even the French are buying. The surprising popularity has prompted the cards' distributor, GreatUSAflags.com to reissue other decks created for the military in earlier wars. On sale this week: World War II "spotter decks," which enabled troops to distinguish between Allied and enemy aircraft. Coming soon: the ace-of-spades decks used as psychological warfare during the Vietnam War. Below, a collector's guide. --By Wendy Cole and Sarah Sturmon Dale...
VIETNAM Decks containing only the ace of spades were passed out to U.S. troops. They would display a card on their helmets to scare away the Viet Cong, who were thought to be superstitious about the card because fortune tellers considered it a harbinger of suffering and death. In this year's Iraqi deck, the ace of spades is--who else? Saddam Hussein...
...Crimson got out of the inning immediately when sophomore catcher Schuyler Mann threw Szymanski out at second as he tried to advance on Morgalis’ throw home. But with all-Ivy ace Tom Pauly on the mound, Princeton’s advantage would be insurmountable...
Along with captain and closer Barry Wahlberg, who was named first-team All-Ivy yesterday, Harvard has three legit, experienced starters. Due to the series being only three games, the loss of junior ace Trey Hendricks to injury will be less of a factor...
Before this year, the Crimson ace endured a rocky road that saw a rough end to his sophomore season and all of last year spent as a setup man out of the bullpen. But since being moved back to the starter’s role, he’s been leaned on more and more heavily by Walsh. Going into last weekend’s series with Dartmouth, Walsh put Ronz on call for emergency relief duty, an honor reserved for the John Birtwells and Ben Crocketts of years past. Then, after the division clincher, the Crimson skipper confirmed...