Word: defenders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marine Corps of the U. S. -." The candidates, standing, one by one replied: "I, Alvis H. Allen -," "I, Harry B. Anderson -," "I, Maurice L. Appleton -." Down the rows it ran to the last man: "I, Charles B. Wuertenberger." Then, all together: ". . . do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic . . . bear true faith and allegiance to the same. . . . So help...
...Churchill recalled his troops in Greece to defend Britain...
...ardent aim of the millions of heroic common people in Britain, first to defend themselves against the dictators and finally to destroy them, arises basically from the deep-held desire to insure for their masses and for their fellow men in other lands a much larger measure of economic freedom and security than the conventional capitalistic and imperialistic system has previously provided...
...following spring, speaking for the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, he advocated the removal of red tape in aid to England. In June he was named honorary chairman for the Massachusets branch of that committee...
...sent his new No. 2 man, Admiral Jean Darlan, to Paris to try to soften Hitler's demands. The Admiral had no sooner arrived than he stated flatly: "I affirm that the French Fleet is absolutely and will remain under complete French jurisdiction and that it will defend the Empire against any challenge whatsoever." But Admiral Darlan had authority to agree to Laval's reinstatement provided Marshal Pétain retained supreme power...