Word: parachutist
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...seen much combat service. All had been self-conscious about fitting themselves back into civilian ways. But they were feeling no pain-at least in the first stages of changeover. Said ex-Parachutist Edward Burns, veteran of six campaigns, of hospitalization for battle exhaustion: "I'm still pretty nervous, but I'll make it all right by myself. Just let the men alone. Don't go sympathizing...
Taken tangle by tangle, Knots is instructive and often amusing. From Archer to Yachtsman, it describes the knots of nearly 100 occupations, including the baker's pretzel twist and the parachutist's sling. It gives explicit instructions on how to spit and truss a fowl, lace a football, mend a garden hose, string pearls, fly a kite, string a fiddle, tie a necktie. It offers such engaging oddments as the Norfolk-to-Washington Boat Heaving Line Knot, Department-Store Loop, Cuckold's Neck Knot, Bathrobe Cord Knot...
...night before D-Day, few of the paratrooper comrades of TIME Correspondent William Walton tried to sleep. After midnight they turned out, climbed into EUR-475. They were the spear head; some of them would not live to see that day's dawn. Walton, a qualified parachutist attached to the outfit, crawled in with them, was soon over France. He cabled...
...Although cut off from the world, I had a sure feeling that the Fuhrer would look after my person as a brother. . . . The word loyalty . . . reflects the spiritual world of the Germans. I was convinced I should experience it. . . . It was about 2 p.m. when I saw the first parachutist coming down, followed by others who were resolved to break any resistance. My guards realized that and did not fire. . . . The liberation . . . will live in history-will in the future become legendary." The flat, weary voice climbed to the old balcony swagger as it recounted the rescue. Then it fell...
...flying American has a hell of a time convincing British authorities by radio that he is not a Nazi, Doctor Annabella is luckily on deck to save the situation. It is a busy picture, relieved by moments of unconscious humor. Good shot: a plane swooping down on a lone parachutist, as seen from the pilot's seat...