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...involved in the selection process were pleased with the choice, said First Harvard Marshal Jamie Miller...
...first Blacks to break the color line and he became the most successful home-run hitter in history," said Third Harvard Marshal Ernie Minelli '95. "He did that at a time when not everyone was willing to accept him. I think he could teach us a lot about perseverance and courage and humility...
Huong's moment in the sun was brief and illusory. The communists had announced in advance that they would not deal with him. Throughout the seven days of his presidency, South Vietnamese politicians and their American and French advisers intrigued furiously to arrange another transfer of power. Air Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky, a former head of government and advocate of dead-end resistance, alternately got the impression from American visitors that he was being urged to stage a coup and fight to the last, or that the U.S. wanted him to smooth the way for Big Minh to take over...
That they did. The shock of the explosions, which could be felt in downtown Saigon, touched off wild rumors: Air Marshal Ky's planes were bombing the capital as part of a coup; the NVA was launching its final assault. Actually, that did not happen for more than 24 hours. But the capital obviously was no longer safe. Time for the last Americans, and the Vietnamese who had tied their fate to the U.S., to get out--quick...
...most important lesson Tom taught was the one that began last November, when he announced online that he had been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. In a typically understated message, Tom bravely declared that he would enjoy what remained of his life while doing all he could "to marshal the army of good cells to enter into battle with the army of bad cells...