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...became an ardent Christian; he died of typhus before he could return to the islands. The story of Opukahaia inspired the organization of the Sandwich Islands Mission, and in October 1819 seven New England families, singing When Shall We All Meet Again, set sail for Hawaii in the brig Thaddeus...
Despite the shortage of brown shirts, the Army of American Aristocrats (AAA) will continue midnight manoeuvres on the Flea Club lawn, Brig.-Gen. Asmond Hawskin '59 announced yesterday...
...list of those present was almost a Washington Who's Who. It included Brig. General Robert Cutler '16, Special Assistant to the President and toastmaster for the occasion; C. Douglas Dillon '31, Undersecretary of State and chairman of the Program; Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy '25; Percival F. Brundage '14, Director, Bureau of the Budget; and many others...
Admiral Roscoe F. Good, in charge of Navy forces in Japan, had another view of discipline. After reading the report on conditions at the Sasebo brig, he ordered general courts-martial for Barbuti and a second brig warden, special courts-martial for the other 14 guards...
...accused marines hired a civilian lawyer, protested they had only been doing their duty and that soft Navy standards were the cause of the ruckus. Said tough Sergeant Robert J. Barbuti, 23, a brig warden charged with 82 counts of maltreatment: "Those guys were in the brig for beating up Japanese women, taking dope, larceny and that kind of thing. They were undisciplined, and we were only enforcing discipline." Then he added defensively: "I only did what I was trained by the Corps to do. If I am guilty then the whole Corps is guilty...