Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soldiers knew the name of Sir Samuel James Browne, not for any of these solid accomplishments, but for his casual invention, some time in the 1870s, of a handy leather uniform belt. As a one-armed man, Sir Samuel had trouble managing the dangling saber at his left side. To solve the problem he hooked the saber up to his waist belt within easy reach, then designed a cross-belt running over the right shoulder to carry part of the weight. Two-armed officers liked the belt as much as Sir Samuel did. The Sam Browne belt became standard throughout...
...Defeated 300,000 enemy troops. Thereby they eliminated the Italian Sixth Army,* of which more than half deserted, most of the remainder being killed, wounded or captured. Of 75,000 Germans, perhaps 40,000, led by one-armed General Hans Valentine Hube, escaped to the Italian mainland. Estimated Allied casual ties...
...went - casual, saucy, amateurish, wonderful. For U.S. listeners, there was sadness in almost every line of the broad cast. The doughboys and doughgirls wanted above all to get home, The home front has heard little of this sort of program because of stanch adherence by NBC and CBS to their long standing ban on recorded programs, and an apparent reluctance by the military to promote direct civilian radio contact with troops abroad. In England BBC has long run recordings from far fields, found they have a big and attentive audience...
...whom Terry Sr. delights in riding and playing tennis when he is at home. In 1932, Allen made another pitch for the future: he took a course in the Infantry School at Fort Benning. Lieut. Colonel George Catlett Marshall, now Chief of Staff, was assistant commandant, and the careless, casual Major Allen was one of the men whom Marshall marked down for later remembrance. Brainy, perceptive George Marshall sensed in Terry Allen a soldier likely to be mighty useful in wartime...
...Oran, where the 1st landed and met some of the hardest fighting of the early campaign in North Africa, Allen demonstrated the quality which had sometimes been confused with casual impetuosity. The French held a strong position at St. Cloud, a suburb of Oran. Rather than lose men in frontal assault, Allen, on a spur-of-the-moment decision, sent two units around the town, into Oran. As his men told it later, it sounded obvious and easy, but they knew it was the act of a resourceful and flexible commander...