Word: shannons
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Died. Marine Corps Colonel Harold Douglas Shannon, 50, commander of the ground forces in the Battle of Midway; of pneumonia; in San Diego. A much-decorated World War I veteran, he won the D.S.M. for his Midway defense. Of the four-day battle he observed last fall: "The only Japs that landed on Midway were dead ones...
...theme, but wasn't it Herb who wanted to say up and study?. . . Remember, fellows, that's one way to get special leave. The only other way we've seen is much less agreeable--like having a very sick girl friend, who is much better now, thanks, says Lee Shannon, Batalion Commander. . . Hope you get that apartment by June 1st, Lee, so you can really take proper care of your sailorette, who will by then be Mrs. Lee. After more than two years on active combat duty, we think you deserve the best, and from what we've seen...
...always supposed that this motto was always credited to James Lawrence and that he was supposed to have said it during the War of 1812 and the battle between the Chesapeake, which he commanded, and the British ship Shannon, in which his ship was taken and he lost his life. Did Perry then have flags made, bearing this motto, for his own use ? It seems to me that the words ascribed to Perry ran: "We have met the enemy, and they are ours...
Harvard's first Professor of Milltary Science and Tactics is honored in the new official name of Shannon Hall for the Mil Scl building on Boylston Street. Colonel James A. Shannon was head of the Infant ROTC in the summer of 1917, soon after it had been started by the War Department as one of the first units in the country...
Arriving at Harvard as a captain from the 11th Cavairy Division, Shannon was first an assistant professor, and was in command of the unit only from June until August, when he was promoted and went overseas. During that time, however, he took a major part in shaping the future policies of the baby regiment...