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Also reported were the appointments of the following as cadet non-commissioned officers: Oliver W. Roosevelt, Jr. '48, Charles H. Sammond, Jr. '48, David S. Jensen '48, Jurgen M. Kruse '48, Wilfredo A. Gautier '48, and Walter L. Moore...
Somewhere in England, hawk-faced Colonel General Jurgen von Arnim, captive commander of Axis North African armies, complained of a soldier's ailment (flat feet). He also showed signs of a beaten general's occupational ailments-mental depression and an anxiety neurosis. For the latter trouble, the British called in a psychiatrist...
...strength is widely dispersed: Air Fleet One in eastern Germany, Air Fleet Two under Marshal Albert Kesselring operating in northern France and the Lowlands, Air Fleet Three under Marshal Hugo Sperrle, operating in western France from bases between Brest and the Spanish frontier, Air Fleet Five, under General Hans Jurgen Stumpff, operating in bases from The Netherlands all the way to Petsamo in Finland, two other air fleets based on Vienna and Rumania, and an independent unit in Italy...
...Shakespeare's play, is curious and not uninteresting, although it serves chiefly to teach us how brilliantly and completely Shakespeare transformed his material. The saga-Hamlet is in most respects unrecognizable; and he is unquestionably far exceeded in interest by his witty and cynical uncle. To make a Jurgen out of Hamlet would have been impossible; to make one of Wiglerus was at least feasible. And so Wiglerus joined the great tradition...
Author Cabell claims credit for at least sticking closer to the original story than Shakespeare did. He certainly sticks closer to Cabell than to the Vikings. Like his score-odd previous tales (Jurgen, et al.), the trade-mark of Hamlet Had an Uncle is arch pedantry, medieval rhetoric, amorous innuendo...