Word: martially
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Dismissal from the service, one of the stiffest penalties the Army can give an officer, is usually reserved for offenses involving moral turpitude. But a court-martial made an exception in the case of 24-year-old Captain Pervis Earl Youree, D.F.C. and cluster, Air Medal and three clusters...
Before entering its sentence the court-martial considered the accused's record: he had piloted a Fortress in 25 missions over Europe, had once brought back his plane on one engine, was a first-class fighting man. They also considered his explanation: he was busy instructing a student, did not notice the airliner...
...Works. The airmen on the court-martial, recalling other instances of dangerous skylarking around commercial aircraft,* apparently thought little of his defense, gave him the works...
...Chetnik martial valor, Marshal Tito has little respect. To hear him say it, the Chetniks-in spite of their historic reputation, black beards, skull & crossbones on caps-take to flight in any determined attack. However, they know the terrain and are extremely valuable to the Germans as guides...
When Britain's war with Napoleon was brewing in 1803, the martial spirit swept the lyrical circles of Britain's Lake District. Poet William Wordsworth bought himself a red coat, drilled with the Ambleside Volunteers. Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote patriotic sonnets and coined a deathless phrase: "The Corsican upstart...