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While attending Charles University in Prague, Edo continued to compete in fencing matches. After graduation, he earned a Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Rome as World War II became a full-scale conflict...
...spring of 1944, Yugoslavs that had been living in Rome formed a liberation army, and returned to their country. Edo had barely been married a year, and his wife had just given birth to their first child when he joined the liberation army. "I was a sentimentalist, and I loved my country. So I left my wife and child and became a foot soldier in the 18th Proletarian Brigade," Edo said...
...took all sorts of jobs and waited in Trieste. Nothing was going his way. "I hated to leave Europe, but I had to do it. I found that I was able to come to America, and so I learned to speak English in a month," Edo said...
...Edo, who knew six other languages, found English construction and pronunciation difficult. "My accent changed many words, and people had difficulty understanding me," Edo said of his first few months in Boston...
...Crimson fencing coach had just retired, and the Department of Athletics was looking for a new coach. Joe Levis, an American fencer, who had befriended Edo, recommended him for the job. By that time, Edo had sustained a severe injury in his back and was unable to walk straight. "That was the funny thing, Harvard was looking for a bargain, so they did not question my credentials or my injury, and they offered me a part-time coaching job," Edo said...