Word: serviceman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...SERVICEMAN'S NAME WITHHELD) New York City...
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Curtis spoke for many another Negro serviceman, who will be a powerful force in Negro society after the war. But it seemed unlikely that mellow old (67) Ben Davis, a regular of 43 years of service and the only Negro ever to wear a U.S. general officer's star, would live to see the time that he and many another good American hoped...
...reputedly of a broken heart because he was unable to prevent World War I. The body lay in state, garbed in scarlet, white and gold vestments given by Pius XII. Two papal Guards, with drawn swords, stood outside the floodlit chapel as many a British and U.S. serviceman stared through the grilled doors at the Pontiff's face and hands, blackened by mummification...
...Preaching in Rome's newly reopened synagogue, Chief Rabbi Israele Zoller paid a warm tribute to Pope Pius. He told his congregation, which included many a U.S. serviceman, that the Vatican had worked indefatigably to mitigate the suffering of Rome's Jews during the Nazi occupation. The Rabbi said that the Pope himself had sometimes interceded with the Nazis. In some cases he saved Jewish lives, in others he was able to soften Nazi penalties...