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...Swiss Guard was the elite of the papal armies. Their greatest historic moment came in. 1527, when they were almost annihilated on the steps of Saint Peter's by the army of Charles, Duke of Bourbon-but their delaying action probably saved the life of Pope Clement VII. Recent Popes have not needed such protection. In July, 1914, while Pope Pius X was still hoping that Europe's differences could be settled without war, the Guard commander proposed mounting a gun on St. Peter's roof. Said Pius: "Shooting might frighten the Holy Ghost away, Commander...
...began to wonder if it hadn't been quietly shunted into a training role. Officers & men wrote letters to the Pentagon, their Congressmen and New England papers. Privately, the Pentagon labeled them the "crybaby division" and sent inspectors to check up. Soon, hundreds of inspectors-from Second Army, VII Corps, Army Field Forces, Congress and the Pentagon-roamed Camp Pickett...
...VII-Thou shalt obey the directives of thy organizations...
...others: King Edward VII in 1903, the Duke of Windsor (as Prince of Wales) in 1918, King George V and Queen Mary in 1923, Princess Margaret...
Exam group i--June 7, ii--June 6, iii--June 4, iv--May 31, v--June 8, vi--May 29, vii--June 1, viii--June 5, ix--June 1, x--June 12, xi--June 2, xii--May 28, xiii--June 11, xiv--June 9, xv--June 12, xvi--June 7, xvii--May 29, xviii--June...