Word: trainings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...arrived in Washington, the General did not seem to have much to say. It was after 9 in the morning when he stepped off the train in his fur-collared tan overcoat, accompanied by his wife, in a grey sport coat and wearing an orchid. He answered the routine questions in a routine way, speaking to 24 newsmen and into a portable microphone. The questioning over, he asked: "Any more questions? If not, I'll give you something." What General George Catlett Marshall then said was indeed something...
...with the Muffler. When France collapsed in June 1940, Hardy became a supervisor in Paris' Gare Montparnasse. He regularly reported troop train movements to London, was jailed for 15 months by the Germans. Released, he made his way into Vichyfrance where he directed the underground's railroad sabotage. Then his path converged (briefly and tragically) with that of one of the Resistance's greatest heroes, a man called...
...Australian prisoners. But the Colonel, according to his peculiar code, was a man of honor; for him there was only one possible course: suicide. He could not commit hara-kiri because his samurai saber had been confiscated by the enemy. Death by drowning or jumping in front of a train would be improper. He decided to end his life by starvation and exposure (the weather was sub-zero...
...under the guidance of Henry S. Hall '19, who has since become an honorary member of the American Alpine Club, one of the highest distinctions possible for American mountaineers. Interest in hill-climbing was not found lacking among students at that time, and, since the HMC offered to train tyros from the earliest fundamentals if they showed the necessary interest, the Club rapidly developed. Today, there are more than 150 active members of the HMC, of whom 50 are in the College...
Body Blow. In Copenhagen, Johannes Madsen got hit by a train, was ordered to pay the state railway for damage to the engine...