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...life of the Italian peasantry during the Second World War's Italian campaign. Sophia Loren and her film-land daughter (anonymous) leave bomb-strafed Roma only to find privation, and the sex-starved troops of three nations. Climax of the film comes in a deserted hillside church were a platoon of North African irregulars make off with daughter's virtue and mother's dignity. If "The Virgin Spring" dismayed you, stay away from this. Evenings...
...enters Communist territory, a hard-bitten U.S. sergeant and his crew raced up in a Jeep armed with a 106-mm. recoilless rifle and parked with the gun's muzzle pointed directly across at the Reds. At Friedrichstrasse-the one entry point now open to non-Germans-a platoon of American infantrymen moved up directly to the border opposite a group of East German Vopos and a water-cannon truck; an M48 tank and two armored cars rumbled up and parked near...
...prodigious readers, reading lamps are scattered everywhere. Another must in every room is an electric clock. "I always insist on this," says Mother Rose Kennedy, "because then no one has an excuse for being late for meals." One real sign of luxury in the Kennedy homes is the platoon of servants necessary to keep things straightened up; none of the family have ever been especially concerned with general tidiness. Says Rose Kennedy dryly: "You might say that we don't overemphasize...
...from behind their curtains to see military convoys stretching for blocks. First came the motorcycle outriders, then jeeps, trucks and buses crammed with grim, steel-helmeted East German troops. Rattling in their wake were the tanks - squat Russian-built T-34s and T-54s. At each major intersection, a platoon peeled off and ground to a halt, guns at the ready. The rest headed on for the sector border, the 25-mile frontier that cuts through the heart of Berlin like a jagged piece of glass. As the troops arrived at scores of border points, cargo trucks were already unloading...
...Boyda, and Dave Hudepohl--and a tough guard squad led by senior letterman Bill Swinford give the squad its greatest support, along with veterans Darwin Wile and Mike Sheridan at tackle. Offensive and defensive specialists at center are Tony Watters and Dave Nyhan, who will probably alternate in two-platoon fashion...