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...Crimean War for Napoleon III; his grandfather fought the Germans who invaded his native France in 1870; his father, who emigrated to Canada, returned in 1914 to fight the Germans again. It seemed only natural for Paul at 19 to enlist as a private in the Royal 22nd Regiment, the "Van Doos...
When the civil war died down, Voronov turned to artillery. He went to artillery schools, elementary and high; commanded an artillery regiment; directed an artillery school; headed a corps...
...books. Otherwise he failed to distinguish himself much. He acquired a couple of nicknames: "Double-Barrel Shotgun" Connally, a tribute to his skinniness, and "Talking Tom," a tribute to his wagging tongue. His college days were briefly interrupted when he volunteered for the Spanish-American War; but his regiment saw no action. Settling down to law practice in Marlin (pop. then: 3,092) after the war, he found business none too brisk. Soon he ran for the legislature. After two terms he went back to the law again for twelve years, with a four-year stretch as prosecuting attorney...
They were men of the 1st Cavalry Division, which numbers among its famed units the 7th Regiment, once wiped out with Custer on the Little Big Horn. The troops who fought their way onto Los Negros were the 5th Regiment, trained in cavalry maneuvers on the Mexican border but now operating as infantry. It had been nostalgic months since they had seen a horse...
Lang got his baptism of fire in Italy the second day of Salerno, when he found himself the only correspondent with an American regiment that was completely surrounded and cut off from the coast by superior German forces...