Word: temperedness
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Mr. Churchill let drop a revealing remark about the forces based in Africa, the way station to southern Europe, and in Britain and Ireland, the Allied bases nearest northwestern Europe. He said that the British, American and French armies in Africa form "a most powerful and finely tempered weapon." He...
The Record. Thus last week the Royal Navy ended its great contribution to the Tunisian campaign. If its men, so bitterly familiar with evacuations, were a little disappointed that Jerry and Eyetie collapsed for the most part on shore and did not try to evacuate in mass, their disappointment was...
"It Was Pathetic." When Commander Smith first saw them, they had all had the benefit of a three-week ocean trip, and said they felt "much better." But they had common symptoms galore: headaches, sensitivity to sharp noises, periods of amnesia, tendency to get panicky, tense muscles, tremors, hands that...
Even at the Tunisian front correspondents' cables sounded a new note. They still spoke of American courage. But they noted that now the greenness of Kasserine Pass was gone, the bravery had been tempered. U.S. troops now fought like veterans.
A Matter of Experience. U.S. ground troops had nothing behind them but training camps and the remote and vicarious experiences of Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, New Guinea. The British troops had been tempered by Norway, France, Dunkirk, Greece, Crete, Burma, many blunders and defeats, a great deal of desert and two...