Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Institute, was called for service in the Navy. Lieut. Commander Thomas waded ashore during the dramatic invasion of Okinawa and collected a lifelong memory: "I went over the side of a troop transport with a case on my shoulder containing 50 white mice, bedded on white toilet paper. One soldier who watched me wade ashore with this load said, 'Now I've seen everything.' " Thomas' burden was not a secret weapon but a collection of research animals; the Navy feared that troops on Okinawa would be endangered by a disease called scrub typhus, and Thomas...
...fellow Muslims in Tripoli for a possible counterattack against the new Ugandan government and its Tanzanian allies. Though Amin's chances of succeeding in such an effort were practically nil, at least some members of his shattered army professed to be eagerly awaiting his return. Claimed a soldier from the elite Simba Battalion, once the bulwark of Amin's forces, speaking to a Western newsman near the Kenya border: "His Excellency is on the radio every morning telling us what to do. He is trying to bring war machinery from outside. He says to lie low and wait...
...fighting was sporadic and sometimes comical. One Tanzanian soldier told of his unit being attacked by a speeding black Mercedes filled with Ugandan troops loyal to Amin who fired at full tilt out the windows. "We knew they were serious," the Tanzanian said, "because they were losing all that air conditioning...
...shifting fortunes of the Harvard baseball team changed as dramatically as the weather did Saturday, as the Crimson batsmen split a crucial doubleheader with Brown at Soldier's field, losing the first game, 7-4, and coming back to win the nightcap...
Stravinsky's "Soldier's Tale" and Harvison's "Full Moon in March"--Boston Musica Viva, Sanders Theater...