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...James Kissane's coming-of-age mini-epic "Frankie's Home Run." Kissane tells the story of the summer when he was 12 years old, just breaking in his first pair of cleats and idolizing the older boys who got to play ball for his town's American Legion team. Unexpectedly, "Little Kissane" himself becomes the team's pitcher, and for the first time experiences "the glory of actually playing serious baseball...
...strikes were launched against Iraqi targets, the French, under General Michel Roquejoffre, closed ranks with the other allies, putting themselves under U.S. operational command. Guided by U.S. AWACS aircraft, French pilots flew their Jaguar fighter-bombers on combat missions deep into Iraqi territory, while French ground forces, including Foreign Legion units, committed themselves wholeheartedly to the battle...
...westernmost assault, the French demonstrated that they were expert at desert combat as well. With its Foreign Legion components, France's 7,600-man 6th Light Armored Division conducted one of the most spectacular feats of the war, racing across 105 miles of Iraqi territory to seal off enemy avenues of retreat. The flanking movement blitzed to capture an airfield at the fortified town of As Salman. French Defense Minister Pierre Joxe boasted that impressed U.S. officers likened the troops to a "high-speed train...
...Gazelle helicopter gunships carrying HOT air-to-ground missiles led an attack on a fortified position, code-named Rochambeau, 30 miles inside Iraq. Defenders resisted for some time, but hundreds of them raised white flags as soon as they spied the approach of French tanks. As in a Foreign Legion adventure film of old, the force ended up neutralizing a division of some 8,000 Iraqis within 36 hours...
...event, which was organized by the American Legion, Support our Soldiers (SOS) and the Republican Women of Boston, drew many in red, white and blue, but few men in blue, to the hour-long rally beneath the golden dome of the State House. Participants cheered speakers--including representatives of Gov. William F. Weld '66--shoured "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" at passerby and repeatedly pledged allegiance to the flag...