Word: arms
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...thing for America to do is to support the war," said Secretary Baker in his first public statement after returning from his trip to the battle lines of Europe, last week. "The right arm of America is in France, bared and ready to strike hard. The body is here in the United States, and it must support and invigorate that arm...
...lend your money to the Government, you may be quite sure that it is going to be used for some national purpose--to prosecute the war successfully, to care for, equip, arm, and supply our soldiers in France, to be used by our Navy in ridding the seas of the murderous U boats...
...hours after he was wounded in action with the American forces in France on March 13, Captain Archibald Roosevelt '17 lay in a muddy trench under fire, suffering great agony from a shrapnel wound in the knee and a broken arm, according to a letter received by Dr. Joshuah Hartwell. The letter contains the first definite news regarding the extent of Captain Roosevelt's wounds and the circumstances under which they were received...
Roosevelt, the letter explains, was wounded at 5 o'clock in the morning, but until 7 o'clock that night the heavy German artillery fire made it impossible to remove him with any degree of safety. At the hospital it was found that his left arm had been broken and that shrapnel had entered his left kneecap. An operation, however, has put him in excellent condition...
...from the canons of great cities, from the gray cloisters of the universities, all march behind the great van of the tyrant, all with high ideals and hearts undisturbed by the grim realities around them. For theirs is the task of cleansing the modern Augean stables, and with mighty arm and mind they bend to the task...