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...driving from Pensacola to Jacksonville, Fla. when dusk halted me in the lovely old town of Madison. Going to the old red brick hotel, I was shown to a nicely furnished room with private bath. Being hungry, I hurried down to supper. The old colored waiter shuffled to my table and I asked him what was cooking. "Roast beef, baked ham, fried chicken and T-bone steak," he replied. I ordered the steak . . . and he shuffled out. Presently he set before me tomato juice and avocado salad. This was followed by the steak with French-fried potatoes, Golden Bantam corn...
...hand. They stolidly watched a minor engagement between the island troops and the raiders. They saw precious supplies go up in smoke as the British fired dumps. They gloated inwardly at the damage to airfields and roads. They knew what it meant in the end-more hostages shot at dusk and buried in a common grave at the edge of a village. But they had gone through that many times. When the British forces evacuated the island in 1941, many remained behind, unable to get away; the invaders shot hundreds of Cretans in a vain attempt to find their hiding...
Swiftly the new Premier decreed martial law, with a ban against all public gatherings and a dawn-to-dusk curfew, over restive, smoldering Italy. He formed a new cabinet sprinkled with military and professional names. In every action Pietro Badoglio and the aristocratic, clerical faction he represented showed the core of their ambition: They wanted a conservative, disciplined, monarchial Italy. They were not averse to keeping the gains of their league with fascismo. They still spoke of the "King Emperor," a title bestowed on the head of the House of Savoy after the conquest of Ethiopia...
...dusk the first patrols of the Seventh Army appeared. General Molinero tried to surrender to them. They declined the honor. At 7:24 a car appeared with a U.S. corps commander. Diffidently, without pride, General Molinero approached the car and spoke in Italian. An interpreter translated: General Molinero and his troops did not want to fight. But there was a difficulty. Within the city, in the royal palace, was one General Mario Arisio, an unpredictable fellow who also commanded troops. For this Arisio, General Molinero could not speak...
...boat's stern. It went down at once, then popped up, hopelessly out of control. Once more it sank at a steep angle, then resurfaced. The crew poured out of the crippled vessel; 24 were taken prisoner. The next engagement of the carrier lasted 14 hours, from dusk to daylight. Twice again the escort carrier's planes struck. In the last attack four TBFs and two Wildcat fighters swooped in on the U-boat. The last of their depth bombs were direct hits on the deck; only 17 crew members survived...