Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were nervously tense and doubtful.... As we made our way on deck the Chaplain pressed the arm of each of us and said: "Good Luck." Amid confused shouting we slid one by one down a rope into the boat and suddenly the boat was in the water, rocking sickeningly...
Gunboats with blue lights, standing in toward the shore as guides for the landing craft, began to hail the first comers: "Straight ahead. Go straight ahead. You'll see the light on your right. Land there. Look out for mines. Good luck...
...best team, the gang will now have a few more innings to show what is in them, E has drawn a bye in the first game and in the second will meet the winner of the Class K-Faculty contest. Not wishing our senior friends in K any hard luck we hope that the Faculty will win. The E boys having been up against the Faculty in various other capacities heretofore would now like to meet them on the diamond. The results, wt believe, will be interesting for all concerned...
Then the general went back to his own quarters (but only for a fresh uniform) and started on the messages and orders of the second day. His only propitiatory gesture to the gods of war and luck had been a judicious rubbing of his seven pocket pieces-a collection of old coins which includes a cartwheel silver dollar, a British five-guinea piece and a French franc...
...second thought, no one could possibly bother him during the weekend--for the place is over 50 miles from this station, and none of our boys ever go that far. (The Regimental Officer keeps telling himself). So Mel, since we can not go with you, we wish you good luck and all the happiness you so well deserve...