Word: oak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pilot in 1942, helping chew up Rommel's supply lines in North Africa. In the U.S. Ninth Air Force Dick Sanders rose to be bomber-command chief of staff, later a group commander. He won the D.F.C. for "extraordinary achievement ... in the Middle East theater," added a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster for leading a raid on Naples. Now the Ninth is in England-chewing up Rommel again- and General Sanders is its bomber-command administrative officer...
...dictators might particularly have admired was Rome's monstrous Emperor Caligula (A.D. 12-41), whose favorite order was: "Kill him so that he knows he dies." Caligula built two incredibly magnificent pleasure galleys, in which to float imperially on charming Lake Nemi. The galleys were constructed of oak, pine and fir, covered with wool, sheathed in lead, studded with the bronze heads of wolves and lions, marbles, mosaics, porphyry and precious metals. According to one legend they sank to the bottom of Lake Nemi with all hands aboard except Caligula, who was something of a practical joker. According...
...Other suggestions for industrial crops: japan wax and lacquer from the poison oak of southern swamplands; sugar and byproducts from the neglected southwestern maple tree; storax for perfumes and flavors from the sweet gum tree; yellow dyes from the Osage orange or hedge apple...
...commercial pilot's rating made him an Air Forces natural once he put on enough weight to meet Army standards, received the Distinguished Flying Cross-for his leadership in the Feb. 20 raid on aircraft factories at Brunswick (20 U.S. planes lost). Previous decorations: the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster. As an Eighth Air Force squadron commander, he was the pilot-leader of 20-odd B-24 bombers on eleven missions over Germany, is now operations officer for his station's 50 to too Liberators...
...Hitler's birthday, straight-backed Hans Hube journeyed to Berlin, stood at stiff attention while the Führer pinned oak leaves to the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) on his arched chest. Germany needed heroes; the Nazi press obediently hailed the 53-year-old general...