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Private Vaslly Terkin was the eternal Sad Sacha, and his fictional military exploits poked sly fun at Soviet officerdom throughout World War II. Russians complained mightily when his creator, Poet Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky, failed to bring him home from the wars. Last week, to their delight, Vasily was back-with a difference...
Archconservative, 59-year-old General Dutra was a thorough and frequent revolutionist until he connected with a successful insurrection. The Revolution of 1904 caught him up in its whirl even before he got through his cadet's training; consequently Brazilian officerdom speaks of him as a "Pescoqo de Sola" (Leatherneck)-a ranker. In the 1924 revolution, Dutra again fought the Government unsuccessfully. But he hit the jackpot in 1930 when he helped Vargas' "gauchos" ride into power. Since then he has been a staunch pillar of Brazil's neo-fascist "New State...
Major General James G. Harbord. He entered the Army in 1889 as a private in the Fourth Infantry. Later he rose successively through the various grades of officerdom and eventually became Chief of Staff of the A. E. F. He was chief of the American Military Mission to Armenia in 1919. In 1921 he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff, U. S. A. He is now President of the Radio Corporation of America...
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