Word: kniffin
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...health. Elsey saved a couple of papers with the President's signature; firm, strong in 1942, quaky and feeble by 1945. "When Churchill entered the room, he seemed to fill it," says Elsey. "His reputation, the aura that preceded him, was so great. We were in awe." Captain Ogden Kniffin, Elsey's Army counterpart, made it a practice on night duty to remove and hang up his uniform to keep it unwrinkled for morning show. Once, about 4:30 a.m., the door flew open and Churchill entered. The mortified Kniffin stood at attention in his underwear, wondering whether his career...