Word: caking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once again Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey performed for the photographers. Aboard his flagship, the mighty Missouri, he used a bayonet to slice a cake iced like a Japanese flag. But he was unhappy. He was about to go into Japan, and almost everybody expected him to ride the Emperor's white horse when he got there...
After the C-54 had flown revealingly close to the plane-packed airfields of Okinawa, the flight steward broke out box lunches with sandwiches, hardboiled eggs, cake and a sweet pickle apiece. All ate well, and asked for seconds of pineapple juice-except Kawabe. He sipped a little juice, nibbled...
Then he celebrated his birthday with Commander Bernard Jr., a few other relatives and friends, and a four-tier cake with 75 candles...
...wedding cake was a replica of the White House, with a minister standing in the door, and a little Scottie labeled Fala playing on the lawn...
Love in Wartime. In Havana, Ill., the Rev. James L. Dial took pity on a point-short couple he had just married, lent them three pounds of sugar for their wedding cake. In Rochester, N.Y., a ration board heard from an applicant, "I'm getting married, so I need a new pair of work shoes," considerately marked his request "Urgent...