Word: died
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Centripetal Blows. How many more Americans must die before Saipan could be cleared of all its original 20,000 to 30,000 defenders, no man could say. But final victory was assured by Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's huge Task Force 58, whose carriers kept supply lanes clear...
...condemned at first did not take the sentence seriously. Italians do not believe in executions, least of all for political reasons, and Ciano was, after all, Mussolini's son-in-law and former Foreign Minister. But the priests came and the prisoners realized that they were to die. Ciano agreed to sign a petition to the Duce. A courier flew to Lake Garda, where Mussolini was staying. But that night he was not there, nor did he appear until late next morning, after the five had been executed...
...took lunch today with Finnish friends, a sergeant who is leaving this afternoon for the front, and his wife. I asked how long he thought the Finns would fight. He said: 'As long as there is one of us left. Now we either die or we make peace and all men able to work will be sent to Siberia to dig canals while our wives are herded into collective farms.' His wife was expecting a child. She remonstrated: 'You are talking nonsense from the German radio. We must make peace. The Russians...
...recall the days after World War I when brooding Negroes came back from overseas. Then there had been race riots all around the country; in Washington 2,000 troops had to be called out to restore order. The Negro soldier today, called upon to fight and on occasion to die for a democracy he is not fully allowed to enjoy, is still an unhappy and embittered...
...Baptist belief and practice") or "to administer the Lord's Supper to any but baptized believers." He did not like Navy orders "not to tell the men what the Bible teaches concerning salvation," but to tell the men "character stories and that they must be willing to die for their country." He was stunned by rumors about "several chaplains who had gotten drunk," and he was shocked that some chaplains swear...