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Commander Byrd, pale and erect in Navy whites, had to shoulder most of the honors and speechmaking. A gallant Virginian, he repeatedly explained that his comrades were more creditable than himself, and it was to them all that President Louis Delsol of the Paris Municipal Council said: "Paris, gentlemen, salutes in you the United States." But it was to Commander Byrd directly that Marshal Foch said: "It was one of the great feats in history." Commander Byrd had the presence of mind to reply: "There is no one in the world I would rather hear say that than...
...flight to the Hawaiian Islands (TIME, Sept. 14, 1925), the Navy brought him "over his own protest" to Washington, D. C., "for propaganda purposes," and allowed him to keep on flying though the condition of his eyes made him unfit for active service. "This resulted in this gallant officer's death in Philadelphia in a stall of his plane...
...Quotation from one "Lindbergh song": And as you winged your astral way God smiled-you were so near- He could not fail such perfect faith, Fly on and have no fear. Oh, glorious France, Oh, noble France, How gallant are your ways, You sheathe fresh sorrows with a smile. To glorify his days...
Cochet v. Tilden. Henri Cochet started like the cyclone that defeated Tilden in the U. S. lawn championships last summer. But Tilden on his peak was undisturbed, won three straight sets. Gallant in victory, he refused to accept the umpire's decisions which went against Cochet. On this day the crowd applauded Tilden...
...that time he, gallant, flattered the nurse who attended by hinting pointedly in her presence to newsgatherers that he enjoyed the excellent care given him so much as not to wish to get well...