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General Johnson, 58, with 42 years in the Army or the Reserve, leaped into the air with an anguished cry, then bore the smart like the Old Ironpants he is. At a press conference he said that he had asked for the reappointment as "just an expression of willingness to serve," and made public his letter to the President...
...fighting-with the Yugoslav collapse in the Vardar Valley. From the information so far available, it appears that from then on less than three full divisions of British-Anzacs troops and perhaps five divisions of Greeks (perhaps ten Greek divisions were facing the Italians on the Albanian front) bore the brunt of the best attack that could be mounted by 40 divisions of Germans. Under these conditions the Allies had virtually no reserves except a British tank division which backstopped the line wherever it weakened. The British and Anzacs held the anchor position on the right wing at the Aegean...
...heaviest battles of the campaign were over. At some points Adolf Hitler's infantry troops had attacked in oldfashioned, 1918-style, suicidal mass, but at a price. According to Greek accounts "Adolf Hitler's Own" SS (Elite Guard), magnificent hand-picked lads of 19 and 20, bore the brunt of the slaughter...
...push his candidacy, Congress was expected this week to choose the more colorful General. To a people grown wary of generals dur ing the 27-year (1908-35) rule of Dictator Juan Vicente Gómez, General Medina's friends were careful to point out that he bore no resemblance to the late great Tyrant of the Andes...
...this point searchlights picked up two other Italian destroyers ideally placed for torpedo attack on the British Fleet. They bore away and launched torpedoes. Churning white wakes in the darkness, the torpedoes passed between the British ships without a hit. The most aggressive admiral could not take such risks with his battleships. Sir Andrew turned the capital ships away and ordered the British destroyers to go in and finish the hurt cruisers...