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Some of the youngsters could remember England only hazily. Others were frankly dubious about life in the British Isles. Like explorers setting off for darkest Africa, some had provisioned themselves heavily with flapjack flour, maple syrup, gum, catsup and other gastronomic delights. Small boys clutched baseball mitts and comic books. Older girls wore open-toed shoes, shuddered at an awful possibility-England might be "too dead" after the giddy pace in U.S. high schools...
...Ages. MacArthur spent his last days in Manila putting the finishing touches to the great performance in which he would play the leading part. He made sure that he would be accompanied, at the final surrender ceremony, by high officers who had been with him in the darkest Philippine days. Their presence, and that of the old West Virginia, temporarily sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, would not be lost on the Japs...
Somehow, even during the darkest days of their war against the Nazis, the Reds had managed to keep their Far Eastern forces almost a million strong. Last week, under the overall command of bulky, brilliant Marshal Alexander M. Vasilevsky, they poured across the border. The Reds had plenty of tactical aircraft in support; they had plenty of guns, plenty of motorized equipment, plenty of battle-tried officers...
Deeper Darkness. Almost nothing could be clearly discerned as the darkness of Japan's darkest hour grew deeper. But there were rumors of a struggle between War Minister Anami and the diehard war lords, on one side, and an unofficial, pro-peace "Committee of 21." There were rumors that Crown Prince Akihito, 11, might succeed his father...
...Debt. Thirty years before, Winston Churchill, made the scapegoat for the bungling of his Gallipoli expedition plan, had been heaved out of the Admiralty. In the darkest hour of his defeat he received an unexpected visit from a caustic critic. Lord Kitchener. Said "K. of K."; "There's one thing they can't take away from you-the Fleet was ready...