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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...afraid he might be sent to an unknown land, Maryland, and he did not want to go. Embarrassed, the Duke explained that he could do nothing about it, added: "You have a great opportunity to help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANPOWER: Lesson in Transplanting | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

Says Lieut. Colonel Grier: "The mission of combat soldiers is to close with the enemy. Every man has a fear of the unknown and if he does not know what physical combat is he will fear it. Mass boxing overcomes this natural reluctance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fighting 78th | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

Aldrich Durant, chief of Harvard's ARP, announced that the alert went off "as well as could be expected," considering the surprise nature of the alarm. All Cambridge personnel cooperated with a minimum of hitches. Since the time of the test raid was unknown, no "incidents" were planned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AIR RAID HITS YARD CONCERT | 5/21/1943 | See Source »

Aldrich Durant, chief of Harvard's ARP, announced that the alert went off "as well as could be expected," considering the surprise nature of the alarm. All Cambridge personnel cooperated with a minimum of hitches. Since the time of the test raid was unknown, no "incidents" were planned. An on-the-minute incident was arranged by the newly reshuffled Cambridge City Fire Department, who drove a truck to Widener steps to guard against incendiaries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AIR RAID ENDS YARD CONCERT | 5/19/1943 | See Source »

Navy Secretary Frank Knox had been there. So had Senator Styles Bridges, Louisiana's Congressman James Morrison, a major general, an archduke, industrialists, and a host of other Washington characters, known & unknown. Host of the house on R Street was one James Porter Monroe, dour, bald, and effusive. Hostess was a Mrs. Eula Smith, Alabama-born, tall, sedate, aloof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Boob-Trap | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

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