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Word: wte (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only test is combat-whether it's a weapon or a general or a second lieutenant or a private. WTe Americans brag too much about ourselves before we know what we are talking about, and we get some awful let-downs." > A high-ranking officer recently returned from overseas: "Any attempt we made to get the blunt truth into our communiqués was blocked. Most of us believed the American people could take it, but the tendency in higher quarters was to shield the people from the hard, cruel facts. . . . Whether this was deliberate shielding of the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MORALE: What Say the Veterans? | 3/1/1943 | See Source »

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