Word: braids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shoulder to Berle in the next room; Hull and Welles in an early-morning call at the White House, the President propped against pillows, amid a litter of breakfast tray, morning papers, cables from abroad, wearing "a peculiar small cape of blue flannel trimmed and monogrammed with red braid, like an expensive summer horse-blanket...
...Semper Fidelis, Captain Branson's own Marine Corps Institute March, Victor Herbert's Festival March, The Star-Spangled Banner. Drum Major Hiram H. Florea read a letter from President Roosevelt. When it was all over, Captain Branson, erect in his dark uniform splashed with gold braid, stepped to the microphone and sang the Marine Corps song...
This was Ross Mclntire, White House doctor, a small, baldish, informal man who pays no attention to the heavy titles and gold braid-Rear Admiral, Surgeon General of the U. S. Navy-conferred on him by a grateful President. After nearly seven years of checking up on Mr. Roosevelt's health, Admiral Mclntire last week told the President he could let himself go. This meant that Mr. Roosevelt could have that second dish of ice cream he often craves...