Word: handly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reported back the Army commander's admission: "If he didn't take his division forward tomorrow, he should be relieved." Next morning, the division did not budge. "In this context of all-round poor performance by the 27th Division," Howlin' Mad wrote, he took map in hand and went to see the overall operation commander, Admiral Raymond Spruance. He told him: "Ralph Smith has demonstrated that he lacks aggressive spirit and his division is slowing down our advance. He should be relieved." Spruance concurred. Jarman took over the division...
...terse military prose, the Army describes the almost unbelievable bravery and unselfishness of these men. Corporal Harry R. Harr, of Pennsylvania, blanketed a Japanese hand grenade to save four others in a gun emplacement in the Philippines. First Lieutenant Bernard J. Ray, of New York, blew himself up with an explosive to brea'k a German barbed-wire barricade near Schevenhutte, Germany...
...while it looked as though Hal Kopp had escaped the sudden urge to off to Yale. But as well as getting a good line coach, perhaps Hickman thought it might be nice to learn the nuances of the Harvard linemen first hand. Hal got a locker at the Yale field house a week before the season opened...
...despite the rugged schedule, Hickman, Jacunski, Kopp, and ace scout Jack Levelle were all on hand November 6, to watch the ill-fated Harvard-Princeton game at Palmer Stadium, while Bob Margarita remained at the Bowl to held off the powerful Kings Point eleven...
Despite Hickman's superhuman efforts to find a winning team among the limited material on hand, the Blue has had an in-and-out season: After opening the campaign in impressive style by stopping a hefty Brown outfit, 28-13, the Elis were barely able to squeeze by a determined Connecticut eleven. Then Columbia came to town and fought off a last-minute rally to overcome Yale 34-28, but the Blue stermed back the following week to take Wisconsin's Badgers...