Word: equality
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...guarantee a secure future when they do return. In fact, the old cry that war ruins men is a lot of bunk as far as I have been able to observe. I believe that the soldiers here are more sober, thriftier, and go to church more than an equal number of civilians do. If a man comes through combat without physical harm I believe that he will be a much better man than he was before the Army service; he will be better able to cope with the problems that he will have to face when this is all over...
...Infantry, The Infantry. . . . When Allen took over the 1st, the division had no superior in the Army, and in the opinion of its men it had no equal. Its boast, when Allen was ready to take it to Britain early last year, was that all but six of its 13,000-odd men were volunteers. They were already calling themselves "the first team." They drilled, maneuvered, played under their shoulder patch (the figure 1 in red) with a special swagger, and they roared out the infantry's song with a special gusto...
...Other divisions, other commanders may have earned equal repute. But in public fame the 1st Infantry Division has only one U.S. rival: the 1st Marine Division under Lieut. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, conqueror of Guadalcanal (TIME, Nov. 2), who last week became the commander of the First Marine Amphibious Corps...
...Vatican Radio again went on the air. "The Holy Father is very willing to believe that the bombs were not intentionally dropped on the basilica. . . . His words were not intended to incite to anger and hatred, but ... it must be emphasized that Rome is indeed something without equal. ... It would have been possible to make Rome an open city. . . . The Holy Father is also not unaware that other towns have suffered terribly . . . that injuring of the mystical body of Christ weighs heavier than the destruction of stone houses...
...German military command in Yugoslavia, Mihailovich and Tito were of equal value: 100,000 gold marks...