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Route 66 (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Line, a veteran of the South Viet Nam fighting, finds the lieutenant he hero-worshiped left with the mind of an eight-year-old as the result of a shrapnel wound. Repeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Aug. 30, 1963 | 8/30/1963 | See Source »

...said, "Shrapnel," so Tony says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winning Poems: The Moods of Summer | 8/13/1963 | See Source »

...Shrapnel though he is more inclined...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winning Poems: The Moods of Summer | 8/13/1963 | See Source »

Word comes of a wonderful new poisonous shrapnel. Britain's General Douglas Haig is introduced. He orders suicidal advances, losing 1,320,000 men. The general prays to God: "I ask thee for victory before the Americans arrive." A pretty lady sings Keep the Home Fires Burning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater Abroad: Opening the Old Kit Bag | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

Just to Loosen Up. At Camp Lejeune, N.C., the 34 marines designated officially by Commandant David Shoup to uphold the honor of the corps, took the 50 miles in stride. Led by Brigadier General Rathvon McClure Tompkins, 50, who still limps from an old shrapnel wound, all finished within the time limit, carrying 24-lb. combat packs. Tompkins finished ninth. Bachelor Lieut. Donald Bernath trotted in first-in 11 hr. 44 min.-just in time to keep a date with his best girl. At Great Lakes Naval Training Center, a contingent of marines managed to finish 53 miles, took exactly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Hit the Road, Jack | 2/22/1963 | See Source »

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