Word: esprit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...SHAEF assistant political officer); and one Roger Déchame, 23, a sailor in the French Navy, whom she met while christening the U.S.S. Ticonderoga, named for the historic Revolutionary fort on the Pell's upstate New York estate; in Manhattan's French Huguenot Church of Saint-Esprit...
...Junior Class of June, 1945, soon to acquire new roommates and white shirts for the final stretch drive, this may be termed the cleavage issue. Interests afield will do their best to break up our "esprit de corps" as the class separates to tasic the delights of living off-campus...
...original U.S. idea: "A single War Department was created by Act of Congress on Aug. 7, 1789. Not until April 30, 1798 did the advocates of an independent Navy succeed in their effort," start a rivalry which flourished bitterly during the Spanish-American War and, masquerading as esprit de corps, reached its unhappy climax in the blunders and dereliction...
...almost forgotten quarter came a loud, firm "no." It was the voice of the Marines, who fear that unification would end the identity of their proud Corps. Said Lieut. General A. A. Vandegrift, Commandant: "We can envision no gain ... in any reorganization which would discard a tradition and an esprit. . . which have become inspiring parts of the heritage of our people...
...Marine Corps, which must be the finest organization of fighting men the world has ever seen, does not know what to believe in either-except the Marine Corps. The marines fight solely on esprit de corps. It simply is inconceivable to a marine that he would let another marine down...