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Said she: "Religion has come to the Broadway theatre because it is a reflection of what is in people's hearts. I feel that there is a spiritual awakening among people everywhere. ... It is almost a revolt of the masses against the materialistic leadership of the dictators toward the glorious freedom and peace of their spiritual Liberator...
...Compiègne. Trees were felled, the clearing carpeted with soft grass. A monument was erected-a sword thrust into a limp German eagle-and on the base of the monument was chiseled this inscription: To the Heroic Soldiers of France, Defenders of the Country and of Right, Glorious Liberators of Alsace-Lorraine. At the spot where the car had stood a great granite block bore the words: Here on the Eleventh of November Succumbed the Criminal Pride of the German Empire, Vanquished by the Free Peoples Which it Tried to Enslave. For Car 2419D an American built a concrete...
Dear Father: We had a grand day on Friday with three patrols. On the first we had a glorious dogfight with about nine Messerschmitt nos which caught a proper pasting. I must admit that they were heavily outnumbered. On the second trip we had an uneventful brush with some Messerschmitt 1095. It was the last trip which was the most fun. About twelve Junkers type 88 bombers came in and, after losing two from anti-aircraft fire, were set on by some Hurricanes. As we climbed up to them we had the pleasure of seeing one dart past us, hotly...
...attitude which did not exist on the eve of the last war. Then, we took the worth of democracy for granted, and looked forward to cleaning up the world and giving every nation the advantages of our institutions. We looked forward with unquestioning assurance to the contemplation of glorious triumph. The war was an end in itself. And afterwards? Why worry; peace on earth would follow. Now we are faced with a force which has proved its strength against what we thought were some of the most healthy democratic states. Democracy can no longer afford to take itself for granted...
...bring." Said Charles Cervenka, of Czecho-Slovakia, in a tense little voice: "What kind of a Christmas will the chil dren of Czecho-Slovakia have this year? Our children at home cannot rejoice but they do not despair. They are confident that Christmas Eve will come soon again, a glorious, happy Christmas in a liberated and free Czecho-Slovakia...