Word: custer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They were men of the 1st Cavalry Division, which numbers among its famed units the 7th Regiment, once wiped out with Custer on the Little Big Horn. The troops who fought their way onto Los Negros were the 5th Regiment, trained in cavalry maneuvers on the Mexican border but now operating as infantry. It had been nostalgic months since they had seen a horse...
...Among Civil War youngster Generals: Jackson, 37; Stuart, 28; Pickett, 37; Custer, 23; Forrest, 41; Sheridan, 31. At Appomattox, Grant...
Wasn't Commandeer Sherwood's announcement unique last Tuesday morning? "I am pleased to announced that Mr. Custer has lost his hat and Mr. Unwin has begat himself a seven pound daughter." Congratulations, Ed, damn good cigars. Nice breaking the trend toward sons. Who's gonna drive the street cars if all our newborn enlist in V-12? How about that Frank P, "Jake...
State of Emergency. Frantic pleas brought Governor Harry F. Kelly flying home from the Governor's conference in Columbus, Ohio. He called out 1,000 state troops, rushed in 500 state police, asked Fort Custer for 1,000 military police, and decreed a "state of emergency" for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, which include and surround Detroit. Under the decree, all bars and restaurants were shut, a 10 p.m. curfew established. Still the rioting continued. Finally, after a proclamation by Franklin Roosevelt ordering the rioters to disperse, Federal troops marched in, cleared the streets...
...dignified and handsome, and ends up handsome. Beautiful wife too, but that's only natcheral (5c please). . . . What student officer has red spots before his eyes every time he puts on his whites . . . . What's Bill Kershaw's new system for meeting the right girls in places? Dick Custer reported to be closing a deal with his "Andover Anchovy". Seems she run a finishing smack down thataway and Dick likes the way she tosses her lines around...