Word: souvenired
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...guess there's a little bit of the souvenir collector in even the most professional newsman...
Japanese prisoners were being taken as never before-although still not in large numbers. Four waved a white flag to a cub plane, threw away their rifles, trudged into infantry lines to give up. Two souvenir-hunting doughboys came back with 28 live Japs. Another Jap, surrendering to a sergeant, explained in fluent English, "I know Germany has fallen and our situation on Luzon is hopeless." Still another turned to his captors and asked plaintively: "What is it you have that breaks our Bushido spirit...
Twenty-four hours after his return, Brown ran into a Jap officer who went after him with his saber. The Sergeant wrestled him down, took the saber as a souvenir, again collected his beer and went to Manila...
Lusty Hero. But the sight of a maimed Union soldier changed his plans. He became a passionate supporter of homes and pensions for disabled veterans. He tore the field of Gettysburg from the hands of souvenir hunters, made it a national shrine. He arranged the famed Gettysburg reunions of Blue and Grey. General Longstreet became his bosom friend. "[Your stand at Gettysburg]," wrote Longstreet, "was the sorest and saddest reflection of my life for many years; but today I can say . . . that it was . . . the best that could have come...
...Americans were cautioned by an Army detail not to pocket any souvenir towels or spoons because Russia is short in many items and the hosts might receive an 'unfortunate impression...