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...exceptionally distinguished conduct. . . in a position of great responsibility. . . ." A little self consciously Harriman thanked him. He unpinned the medal after Byrnes left, laid it down. He answered questions as politely and cautiously as ever. But when the newsmen filed out he stared curiously at the bright red ribbon...
...huge gadget was known as the "electronic numerical integrator and computer." Its inventors-Dr. John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert-called it "eniac." For their blue-ribbon audience, they demonstrated how eniac could compute the trajectory of a shell in less time than it would take the shell to reach its target. Thus, in a trice, eniac showed its superiority over all its predecessors...
Many a young ex-chaplain was beset by misgivings. Misgiving No. 1 he shared with mustered-out Americans of every sort, from radio stars to ribbon clerks: "Will I get a job?" Ex-chaplains too recently graduated from divinity schools to have had a parish and those whose pulpits have been filled by able successors feared they might have to sweat it out a long time...
...China-Burma-India area was the most confused of all Allied war commands. A U.S. colonel once despairingly explained that the multinational, multiservice commands could not be illustrated on an ordinary service chart, but needed "a three-dimensional organization chart with a wire framework and five shades of colored ribbon, which ought to indicate at least the simpler relationships...
...with no word to the contrary received, he was "presumed lost in action." For his outstanding bravery in action, he received, posthumously, the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart Medal. He was also entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, the Fleet Clasp, and the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Ribbon. In his honor, the government launched the destroyer USS Mannert L. Abele on April...