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Word: tarbucket (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Among the uniforms that Ike has donated to the collection are his West Point greys and tarbucket hat, the field uniform, including the Eisenhower jacket that he wore in France, and an elaborate red wool cloak that signifies that Ike is a corporal in the crack Algerian Spahis of the French army. From Ethiopia came a rhinoceros-hide shield; from Greece, an ancient (800 B.C.) wine flask; and from the District of Columbia, red, white and blue license plate No. 1. Ike himself brought back a bracelet of boar's tusks from his Philippine tour with Douglas Mac-Arthur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A WARRIOR'S TROPHIES | 4/5/1954 | See Source »

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