National Defense: Foul

One night last week Lieut. General Ben Lear, commander of the Red Army in the current war games, was nearly knocked out by a rabbit punch, but the umpires called it a foul. Into his headquarters crept a "suicide squad" of seven Blue soldiers. Stealthily they touched off a couple of smoke pots, representing explosives powerful enough to blow the General and his staff skyhigh. The smoke pots sent 50 correspondents, officers and privates gasping out into the night, but they didn't incommode the General. He had stepped out just before the...

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