Word: unite
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...signals a sally of German heavy tanks from Sauzette. They sneak out, fire a few rounds at our lighter armored cavalry cars and tanks, then rush back to cover under bursts of our noisy but ineffective reply." Somewhere along that road, between us and the town, is a small unit of infantry, prudently silent in the gathering darkness...
...They Just Bounced Off." His column had run into some German heavies. Before the tank commanders could get under cover, the captain of the unit had the top of his head taken off, at turret line. At that point the lieutenant had taken over. He had fired four rounds from his 37-mm. gun against a German heavy's hide. "They bounced off just like tennis balls," he said, "and we got to hell out of there." He gazed at his hand some more, and said again: "They bounced off, sons of bitches, just bounced...
Patrons of the dance were Elliott Perkins '23, lecturer in History and Master of Lowell House, and Mrs. Perkins; and Lieutenant Commander Edmund H. Barry, head of the Harvard V-12 unit, and Mrs. Barry...
With another term coming to a close this week for the Army Specialized Training Program, Company A of the Harvard ASTP unit planning to climax the semester with a big social surprise, a special dance to be given Thursday evening at Leverett House...
...Americans had also left behind them a unit of 1,500 Germans. Soon these were probing through to the village again. Flag-decked Plouvien maddened the German commander. He sent shells screeching into the crowded streets. The Plouviennois left their dead and wounded in the rubble, streamed into their few air-raid tunnels. Then the Germans drove into the village, looted the shell-torn homes and shops of wine...