One thousand men of the British Expeditionary Force, on leave from France, debarked at a south coast port in England. Rapidly, methodically, the khaki-clad figures handed their green passbooks to a slim officer in the uniform of the Royal Navy, swarmed past him to board a train. An unhurrying sergeant looked up and snapped into startled attention. The naval officer was George VI, "filling in" as a ticket collector to learn how it was done.
Presidential Son Elliott Roosevelt, speaking to the Cleveland Automotive Trade Association, was asked whether he thought the Dies...
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