Word: soldiers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ladies coughed politely when Dr. Tansill called Abraham Lincoln a "do-nothing" soldier, "invincible in peace and invisible in war." They looked alarmed when he began to contrast the Davis and Lincoln military careers. Suddenly his audience realized that the professor was leading them on a historical Pickett's charge...
...physically handicapped, be drafted at 18, or after he finishes secondary school. Training would be in two parts. The first stage would be basic training in camp or aboard ship for six months. From a military standpoint this is not long enough to turn out a well-trained soldier or a bluejacket. But a longer period, said the committee, would have "an adverse effect on the processes of higher education," which is also an essential part of national defense. During basic, boys would be taught to think, act and react like soldiers. The commission's plan followed almost exactly...
...worth 5?. But to the ordinary German, still living under strict wage and price controls, 50 pfennig is still 50 pfennig. The woman bent down, and in the darkness groped for the lost coin. She could not find it. The conductor could not find it either. Then a Polish soldier came over to help out with a match. But the match burned down before they found the coin. The soldier muttered, then fished a wad of German bills out of his pocket. He took a large, 20-mark note ($2), lit it, found the 50-pfennig piece, and with...
George Catiett Marshall, Secretary of State and former Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Doctor of Laws. Citation: "An American to whom Freedom owes an enduring debt of gratitude, a soldier and statesman whose ability and character brook only one comparison in the history of this nation...
Later on, a CRIMSON campaign culminated in the University administration's dropping the requirement that seniors take four courses. A Ku Klux Klau organizational campaign was pooh poohed by the breakfast table daily as was the idea of a Soldier's Bonus...