Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...behalf of the young men still in diapers, of this and other countries, who will do the fighting and dying in World War III, I extend sincere encouragement and hopes of good luck to Messrs. Stimson and Hull...
...made a good record in Italy. In France the record was even better. The officers had luck. French crops were good. The retreating Germans had had no time to drain off France's food resources, had even left behind thousands of tons of their own supplies. Quick action on the part of the F.F.I, forestalled the destruction by Germans of water, light and sewage systems. But there was still a vast and complicated job to do when G-5 arrived on the heels of the fighting armies...
Colleagues and superiors sum up McSherry's accomplishments: "His job is to see that there are no kicks, either from the inhabitants or the Army. Granted that we have had lots of luck, we admit we have had no kicks...
...December 1943, he landed on Cape Gloucester. He was put in command of a hard-luck battalion which had never been able to work well together. His inspired men paced the attack...
Gloomiest note: even with the best of luck, next year the attrition rate will rise to 2,000,000 cars...