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...They asked me to come over as soon as they got the message," U.S. Ambassador George Wadsworth recalls. "They asked me how big a unit they should send. Before I could answer, they told me they'd decided on a division as a starter. It took some talking to get them down to a brigade, which at that time was the largest unit we could equip and send off right away...
When the first casualty figures came in from Korea-nearly 25% of the brigade-Wadsworth called on Köprülü to extend the U.S.'s condolences to the Turkish people. "Don't feel sorry for us, Mr. Ambassador," Köprülü said. "This is a most wonderful thing for Turkey. Since World War II, the world has been saying that Turkish soldiers were no good. Now the world will know we can fight, and will fight...
...five: Chairman James W. Wadsworth, onetime New York Republican Congressman; M.I.T. ex-president Dr. Karl T. Compton; former Under Secretary of State William L. Clayton; retired Admiral Thomas Kincaid; Lieut. General R. S. McLain, onetime banker (Oklahoma City) and only National Guard officer to command a combat corps in World...
...great need of America today" said Eugene Foss, former governor of Massachusetts, "Is to have college-bred men with a true sense of public service actively interested in politics." The next day, October 11, Senator Wadsworth of New York told the University that President Harding's regime was doing great things for the country. And a few weeks later, Jean Longuet, grandson of Karl Marx, attached the French government and the Versailles Treaty...
Crew started even long before Jess. Founder Henry Durant felt it was "Attractive and beneficial to the girls' health." But the first crews' chief function, other than mastering the elementary principles of rowing, lay in entertaining distinguished visitors. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once took a spin on Lake Waban; it is said he never came back to Wellesley...