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...Shigemitsu, limping on his wooden leg, leaning on his cane and clutching at the ship's ropes as he pulled himself up the stairway. The second was the dour, solemn-faced Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Yoshijiro Umezu-his chest covered with ribbons and hung with gold braid, his eyes blank and unseeing...
Banana Royal. In Philadelphia, the lordly British Admiralty sniffed at the hydrogen sulphide in the air, ordered all officers docking there for the summer to prevent tarnish by painting their gold braid, buttons, and decorations with banana...
Careless Talk. Tall, dark, handsome Aimone, an admiral in the Italian Navy, made careless talk at a swanky, gold-braid dinner party in Taranto. Speaking of the recent trial of General Mario Roatta (TIME, March 12), the Duke said that all the judges should have been shot. Seated at the table was Sylvia Sprigge, veteran Rome correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. She was shocked by the Duke's remark. Later, at one of Rome's endless round of parties, she said...
Zachary Taylor was a professional soldier, trained in Indian fighting, who commanded his troops "in a straw hat, checked gingham coat and a pair of blue trousers without braid ... a plain American leading a lot of other plain Americans." An able but limited general, his appeal was that of a rustic hero, a fighting frontiersman...
Officers' Mess. In Washington, the Internal Revenue Bureau ruled as legitimate business expenses, and therefore deductible on income tax returns, all "scrambled eggs" (visor scrolls), gold braid, lace, "chicken guts" (shoulder aiguillets) and chin straps...