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...Well, Sir," was the reply, "we want to take a bit of the yellow of the stripe and a bit of the blue of the breeches and make service ribbons for the Pershing Rifles...
...Twelfth-Century church. Fascinated, he watched the commander make the sign of the cross with one hand, while holding his grey cap with its red star in his other. Outside, looking over the roofs at a red, white and blue Croatian flag with a red star in the white stripe, the priest said: "Tired of the Fascist yoke, the priests and people of our community began cooperating a year ago with the Partisans, furnishing them money and food. We considered it the only thing to do for the liberation of Yugoslavs. . . . On Sept. 12 two Partisans appeared and the following...
Conservative Bosses. Is it by accident or design that many of the men bossing the home front now are Southerners, of semi-conservative stripe, while no rarin', tearin' New Dealer has a top job? Where are all the Brain-Trusters now? These were the questions that made many a heretofore 100% Roosevelt-man wince last week. Because, after those rhetorical questions had been asked, there was only one more to ask: Is Franklin Roosevelt still...
...other, like the notes of some terrible symphony . . . that he must conduct . . . with utter flawlessness, knowing well that one flaw will kill him." Square in the Belly . Now he had reached the tremendous climax. Suddenly "the whole setup swam sluggishly into focus" and through the water, "like a pencil stripe," ran the torpedo's wake and Swede was away, whipping, ducking, sashaying out of range of the angry guns. With a start Swede heard a voice in his earphones say: "Nice work, Swede. You got him square in the belly...
...Columbia is now the world's largest producer of Naval officers : enrolled are 2,500 midshipmen, 200 Coast Guards men, about 400 officers getting advanced training, 728 uniformed V12 (Navy College Training Program) students, most of whom will get a stripe and a taste of war before they get a degree...