Word: guerilla
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...Fogg Museum, the King and Queen descended to the large lecture room. Here the King delivered a short address to members of the Fine Arts 13 and curious bystanders who had shouldered their way in. He spoke of the great strides his country had made in converting the youthful guerilla fighters to a peaceful, "peasant" way of life and how the "staunch support" of the United States was evident everywhere in Greece...
...Courage a northern boy is the hero, albeit he is first a deserter. The point is that no southern boy is ever a pure villain. The nearest thing to a southern rapscallion was Quantrill and his merrie lads. Of course, there is much dispute as to the lethal guerilla's background and appearance. He ranges from the squat Brian Donley-type soldier (Kansas Raiders) to the distinguished Walter Pidgeon-type ex-school-teacher (Dark Command). There is universal agreement, though, that he had the best of intentions, and besides, he didn't really represent the South...
Hadley was a real person, a southern veteran of the Civil War who went to prison in 1867 for aiding guerilla raiders to escape capture. Hadley, played by Sterling Hayden, served time in Hellgate Military Prison near Copper City, New Mexico. The Hellgate of the movies, called America's Devil's Island, includes a subterranean series of barred caves, a tender hearted commandant, a sadistic sergeant, and enough tortures to send chills along the spine of Charles Addams...
Swearingen stated that Japanese and Korean Communists held a secreet meeting in Japan early in April 1950. They discussed joint plans for guerilla activity to support the invasion...
What's everybody so worried about? The draft? War? Haven't you seen "American Guerilla in the Philippines?" War is just one great big whale of a good time...