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...reported in January 2003, "The Marines of the current Echo Company have recently been given the green light ... to refer to their company once again, in all but official matters, as Easy Company." Reason: during World War II, the company's original nom de guerre was Easy Company. The unit fought tenaciously in the Battle of Tarawa and other key actions, and as the Marine Corps News noted, "the unit's current Marines felt a need to establish a link to that history." Terry Kindlon of Albany, New York, was one of several readers who questioned the name, and when...
...increase ROTC enrollment—featuring a comic book and film touting its advantages—was apparently successful: 25 percent of the Class of 1954 applied for one of the three programs in 1950, a total that rose to 40 percent the following year. The Air Force unit saw applicant interest increase to about 120 first-years—almost double the tally from 1949, a greater increase than either the Army or Navy programs...
...move was widely perceived as indicating the group’s intent to create a cohesive unit strong enough to weather an NCAA boycott upon a break of any sort with the governing body, despite the pledge of the organization’s Eastern director not to bring any pressure and to allow Ivy programs to continue to compete against member schools...
Following his travels, Mundheim began what he expected to be a long career at the law firm Shearman & Sterling. But after just several months at the firm, he was called into service in Berlin with his Air Force National Gaurd Unit following the construction of the Berlin Wall...
Only 16 pitchers in major league baseball history had thrown perfect games when Arizona's "Big Unit" took the mound last week against Atlanta. Make that 17. RANDY JOHNSON retired all 27 Braves he faced, fanning 13, including the last batter. At 40, the southpaw became the oldest to achieve pitching's crown jewel, surpassing Cy Young, who did it at 37--100 years...