Word: soups
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Walther von Brauchitsch, encountered wrecked villages, Russian war debris, black mud where soldiers had to push their car. One day they flew down to the Ukraine to see Italian troops attacking Russia under the command of German Field Marshal von Rundstedt. For a while they shared the soldiers' soup and black bread, allowed themselves to be photographed by respectful infantrymen. Flying back from the Ukraine, Mussolini was allowed to take the controls for a few minutes from Adolf's personal pilot...
...involved his son Elliott, on duty with an air force detachment in Newfoundland, who thought he was in the soup when he was suddenly ordered to remain on his station. Elliott had no idea what was up until the appointed day when, still without explanation, he flew out over the bay, saw the incredible assemblage of naval power, and was greeted by his father...
...Then I must mention the smooth way in which all their rear organizations, such as supply, are going on. It was striking. A very good standard of driving and good traffic control were evident, and there were very few breakdowns. In the evening soup kitchens rolled up to the front, steaming, with dinner...
That would have been duck soup for No. 7013 if the fighter's manager (James Gleason) had not taken his boy's body from the plane wreckage and had it cremated. Only answer to that, inasmuch as he refuses to go through the trouble of being born over again, is to find him another body...
...Supe v. Soup...