Word: brass
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before the blood was dry on the white beaches of Tarawa and the black ash of Iwo, the U.S. naval and military brass hats were determined that never again would they be handicapped by having to capture bases in the midst of war. They wanted bases needed (for Navy and Air Forces) from Greenland to the South Seas. Although military airmen's eyes were fixed on the North Polar icecap as the likeliest no man's land of a future war (because the military strength of the world is in the northern hemisphere), most of the proposed...
Hides & Oil. At the stroke of midday, resplendent in the blue, gold encrusted dress uniform of a brigadier general (his new rank), Perón strode into the great hall of Congress. Floor and gallery gleamed with the brass of generals, the polish of diplomats-come to honor a man whose name few of them even knew three years...
John Harvard's latter-day sons suddenly included a fine collection of highly polished brass. Honorary LL.D.s went to: General Henry H. Arnold, General Alexander A. Vandegrift, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Generals George C. Marshall and Douglas MacArthur (in absentia). John had it just about covered...
...considerably," the streams of unsavory stories from U.S.-occupied Europe remained at flood. Births in the U.S. zone were 30% illegitimate. Rowdy G.I. drunkenness forced German families to stay home after dark whenever a liquor ration was issued. Green troops, hell-bent for pleasure and to hell with the brass, found that no orders applied after retreat. Some of their officers were as bad, or worse. Items...
...Alexander Loudon, Netherlands Ambassador to the U.S., was ready with a brass band for the first Royal Dutch Air Lines plane to land at LaGuardia Field. The ship landed, blew two tires, rolled to a stop one mile from the reception committee, two hours later got to the terminal. The reception...