The Record Of The Hampden Sydney Alumni Association Vol 19 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Record of the Hampden-Sydney Alumni Association, Vol. 18: April, 1944 Less than six months ago Admiral Callahan, when ordering an attack on a superior Japanese force at Suva Bay, gave the typically American order: Pick the biggest one and start shooting. Admiral Callahan lost his life. The superior Jap force was ignominiously defeated. Slightly more than a year ago a gallant commander of a gallant little group of Americans on Wake Island, the commander of a little group which knew from the begin ning that it was hopelessly out - numbered, hopelessly under-equipped and without a possible chance of being relieved, when queried as to what he needed, sent back the typically American answer: Send us more Japs. Out of the early days of American participation in World War I comes the story of an American Sergeant whose comment on an order to retreat was the typically American comment: Retreat hell. We've just got here. From the Civil War Battle of the Crater comes the story of a Confederate Colonel who with his men was blown sky high by the powder blast which gave the battle its name, who as some of them passed him in the air, is said to have called out the typically American order: Rally boys, when you hit the ground. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.