Al Nofi's CIC
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Issue #120, February 15, 2004 |
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This Issue...
- Infinite Wisdom
- la Triviata
- Short Rounds
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Infinite Wisdom
"You are here to die!"
-- | Jose Milan Astray, 1920,
To the recruits for the
Spanish Foreign Legion |
La Triviata
- In 1748 the Royal Navy issued its first regulations for officers� uniforma, the design inspired, according to tradition, by the riding habit of King George II�s lady friend the Duchess of Bedford.
- In December 1944 the 243 divisions in the German Army included 3,624,403 troops, of whom only 43.9-percent were under 30 years of age.
- During World War II an estimated one million soldiers, sailors, and marines availed themselves of the services of prostitutes in the Hotel Street district of Honolulu, a devoted band of patriotic ladies who never numbered more than about 300 at a time.
- At 15, the young Octavius � later the Emperor Augustus � served a an orderly for his great-great Uncle Julius Casear during the latter�s Spanish campaign of 46 B.C.
- President James K. Polk�s seven times great grandfather, Sir John Pollok, was killed during the Battle of Locherbie, in Scotland, in 1593.
- The custom of saluting a warship�s quarterdeck seems to have originated in pagan times, when an altar was placed there, which was replaced by a crucifix with the advent of Christianity, inspiring a custom that become so engrained it survived the removal of the crosses.
- At First Bull Run the commander of the 14th New York Militia, Col. Alfred M. Wood � later later mayor of Brooklyn � was captured by �Old Dick,� a black man serving as a drummer in the 18th Virgnia.
- From his appointment as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (September 1, 1939) to his retirement (November 18, 1945), a total of 2,271 days, General of the Army George C. Marshall was on leave just 19 days, about 0.008-percent of his time in command.
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