Word: signal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cloaked by the North African darkness, eight men watched breathlessly for the signal light. At the appointed hour no light showed. In grave danger of capture, possibly of execution as spies, the men waited on. Finally, at a second prearranged hour, the light gleamed from a darkened house. Breathing more easily, the eight strode forward into the light and into the house jammed with French Army officers...
...October 1917, he found out what his hands were for. He began to fly for the Army, first as an enlisted cadet in the Signal Corps, then as a second lieutenant and instructor. He also, in 1917, married Josephine ("Jo") Daniels (no kin to Josephus), whose hair has turned white in some 25 years with Jimmy Doolittle. Devoted Jo Doolittle had a good deal to do with making Jimmy Doolittle the foremost U.S. airman of World...
...months there were still no profits. Boddy went to a bank to get money to pay off the loan company. The bank said no. Boddy made a deal to buy the Huntington Park (Calif.) Signal, returned to the bank and offered the Signal as collateral, got a $350,000 loan ($225,000 for the Signal, $100,000 to pay off the loan company, $25,000 for the Toms, Dicks & Harrys from whom Boddy had borrowed periodically...
...half dozen camp followers who rattled about in the empty stands saw pretty much what they've been seeing all year: kicking and passing practice, signal drill, playing against opposing team formations on offense and defense...
...make everything even more familiar, Don Richards was back at tailback, alternating with Jack Comeford who had taken over the spot in his absence, and Bill Wilson ran through signal drill, although on team B. The rest of the team was the same as it has been for the past ten days, except for the absence of Swede Anderson...