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Held earlier this year than usual, the review will include an inspection of the FA Regiment's equipment and personnel by Col. Dean Hudnutt, Yale PMS&T, and a demonstration by the unit of several elements of Field Artillery methods...
...cadets will form in the Yard at 2:15 o'clock, and, led by the undergraduate FA Regiment, will swing down Boylston Street to the music of the 241st Coast Artillery band. Arriving at Soldiers Field, they will first be inspected and then pass in review before the visiting group...
...cadets will form massed battalions in the Yard at 1415 and will march from there to the Stadium along Boylston Street, the FA unit preceding. After inspection and passing in review, the cadets will again form in the drill field and will hold the usual retreat ceremony. Music for all marching will be supplied by the band of the 241st Coast Artillery...
...first major action in Tunisia involving U.S. troops was a defeat-the setback from Faïd Pass to Kasserine Pass (TIME, March 1). The second action, which ended last week, was a disappointment-the failure to make any appreciable headway in the hills near El Guettar. The third, which began last week, was downright embarrassing-the delaying of the British in the pass before Fondouk by the tardiness of U.S. troops. Out of these actions, U.S. troops have gained humility, determination, and the realization that all the fine points of war cannot be learned on training grounds...
...largely through the bluff put up by a handful of U.S. paratroops and. French infantry. The Allies concentrated most of their strength north around Pichon in the Ousseltia Valley region, where they expected the Nazis to attack. Allied reconnaissance never spotted the Axis power gathering to the south near Faïd Pass. Three hours before Rommel's tanks rumbled out of Faïd Pass, General Dwight Eisenhower himself was calmly making a tour of the front only a few miles away. Fredendall was unable to switch his forces in time. The Nazis rolled through...