Word: sworded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hours the sound truck howled Japanese into the silent bamboo and sword grass of southern Guam's jungle. Suddenly from the green wall emerged a chubby, medium-sized young man, blinking in the sun. While U.S. officers watched, the Jap trudged up the hill and saluted. Ten months after the U.S. recapture of Guam, the last Japanese officer was willing to talk surrender...
...years to the day after the German entry into Paris, General Ike received the Cross of Liberation from General Charles de Gaulle. Then, saluting from an open car, he was driven between roaring thousands down the Champs-Elysees. To his collection of precious souvenirs, France added a gold-hiked sword which Napoleon had worn as First Consul, a gold cigaret case encrusted with five sapphire stars...
...whole thing took about 15 minutes. In that time Craft fired four clips from his Mi, hurled 48 grenades and the satchel charge. He paused only once-to pick up a Japanese officer's sword because he knew "those guys of the 96th would have had the field stripped clear of souvenirs by the time I got back...
...China's bandit-infested roads meant constant danger. At night, the Friends slept near their cabs. Religious scruples forbid them to carry guns or to travel with armed guards. One Friend's arm was so badly slashed when he tried to ward off a robber's sword that the nerves were severed...
...rocks are like a flat sword...