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Word: scorpion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1961-1961
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Birch was eventually transferred to the Office of Strategic Services and was assigned late in the war to a tiny, scorpion-infested base at Sian in North China. Baptist Birch is remembered as a loner with a somewhat overbearing manner. In his diary, Major Gustav Krause, commanding officer of the base, gravely noted: "Birch is a good officer, but I'm afraid is too brash and may run into trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: WHO WAS JOHN BIRCH? | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

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