Word: heroisms
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Game in Finland. "Applied to Finland, this meant keeping her in the war as long as possible, making plans to provoke civil war when Finnish arms collapse, securing maximum publicity in Finland and the Allied world for Finnish heroism contrasted with crude Russian vindictiveness and barbarism...
Lieut. Commander Chester W. Nimitz Jr., only son of CINCPAC Chester W. Nimitz, was awarded the Navy's Gold Star for "conspicuous heroism" in "actions resulting in sinking enemy shipping and in damaging other vessels...
...Felt. The failure of communications could not dim the assault correspondents' heroism. The A.P.'s Henry B. Jameson was the first American newsman casualty. The craft he rode to France was offshore 14 hours, frequently under heavy fire. Hit in the shoulder and leg, Reporter Jameson was able to walk off smiling (see put). First killed: the British Exchange Telegraph's Arthur Thorpe, in a naval action...
Says Chaplain Hoffmann: "In combat, no one stands out as doing anything heroic. Out there acts of heroism are common place. Probably the only reason that anyone gets a medal is that his deed happens to be noticed and reported. As to my spending most of my time in the front line with the men, well, this is the way that I look at it. ... The follows wounded at the front, perhaps lying for hours before help reaches them, are the ones who especially need a chaplain. There is nothing more terrifying than the feeling of lying alone, lost...
...Heroism Redundant. Major General Hawley believes that heroism is necessary on the battlefield, but not required of a wounded man. Last week he paced the docks at a South-of-England port, making sure for himself that the wounded were comfortable. He saw how tenderly the litter bearers (many of them Negroes) moved the stretchers from ships to docks, from docks to ambulances, watched the doctors change bandages and give morphine in the open air. He sighed with relief: "Didn't see a single man in pain. Not drugged, mind you-they were smoking cigarets, many of them...