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In recognition of their leadership during the war, Harvard gave honorary Doctor of Laws degrees to Commandant Alexander A. Vandegrift, head of the Marine Corps; Chester W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the Navy; Henry H. Arnold, Air Force chief; and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was then the Army...
On Jan. 10 of last year, he strode to the podium of the Old Wardroom dining hall at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, to inspire the 118 cadets of Bravo Company and their guests with tales of Coast Guard glory. Aiming to start on a light note...
Someone asks what became of the architect. Was he fired for his mistake? Contemplating the missing top rows, Castro shrugs. ``No,'' he deadpans, testing his listeners' sense of humor. ``He was shot.'' Then Castro roars with laughter at his joke, a parody of his image as a bloodthirsty dictator. And...
On Saturday afternoons in the fall, the routine would change slightly. Notre Dame football was an all-consuming passion in The Bunker, and heaven help he who transgressed against its commandant on third down in the fourth quarter with the Irish in trouble. Was a television ever broken? I'm...
Amon Goeth, commandant of the Plaszow death camp, strides into the basement of his barracks mansion and sees his maid, the lovely Jewish internee Helen Hirsch (Embeth Davidtz). He had chosen her as window dressing for the mausoleum he runs, but her strength and grace have touched him. For a...