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...optimism in Germany. The Goebbels propagandists had learned that they could wring the last bitter ounce of resistance from the people by telling the truth about the enemy's power and the enemy's inroads-and by painting the enemy's intentions blacker than hell...
...from Minnesota, onetime Minneapolis street sweeper, warned Washington newsmen to stop snickering at his unstatesmanlike past. Fumed Representative Gallagher: "I am not ashamed of having worked. . . . One young man . . . wrote a story about me being stoop-shouldered and having gnarled hands. Well, I'll bet I can lick hell...
...France, he saw no action. In one thing he takes pride: he has commanded, in relentless progression, a squad, a platoon, a company, a regiment, a brigade, a division, a corps and an army. He dislikes the lofty impersonality forced on him by his present duty-"Hell, I'd rather have a regiment." Now, he says, "I don't do much except think a lot, scold a little, pat a man on the back now & then-and try to keep a perspective...
...spite of optimism, philanthropy, and youth conferences, this is one hell of a world for kids to be trying to grow...
...Scared as Hell." On his first combat flight, Lieut. Kirsch did nothing but find out for himself how battle fear feels. He was "literally 'scared as hell' from the time the aircraft neared the target area until it had passed well out of range of the island's defenses." His mouth was dry ("spitting cotton"), his hands were drenched in icy sweat, his heart beat so hard he could feel its throb. Over the target "there was a strong impulse to seek the shelter of any available armor plate in the cockpit. A sensation of helplessness left...