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While the drums beat, his sword would be broken and the buttons ripped from his uniform. Then the musicians would play a song called “The Rogue’s March” as the disgraced officer was forced to walk the length of the parade ground with his head hung in shame in front of the assembled troops. This is the origin of two phrases: “Face the music” and “being drummed out.” • Many people assume that the abbreviation “G.I.” stands for “government issue” but it’s actually an abbreviation for “galvanized iron.” This is because things like trash cans and buckets distributed widely throughout military camps were stamped with the identifying mark “Bucket, G.I.” to indicate they were constructed of “galvanized iron.” Afterwards, “G.I.” came to mean anything or anyone that was solid and reliable. • In the days of large horse-drawn artillery, the “limber” referred to the part of the gun carriage that included the wheels, the ammunition chests, and the part that attached to the horses. This limber needed to be removed to use the guns, and attached to move the guns. The call to “limber up” meant to prepare the guns to be moved to the next location. The more quickly a battery could limber up, the better. • The English slang word for Prussia was “Pruce” or “Spruce.” The Prussian army was noted for its spit-and-polish approach to every detail of army life, after which “spruce” came to mean anything that was particularly tidy. A type of tree that grows straight and tall while being uniform in appearance was subsequently named spruce. MEDICARE’S ENROLLMENT PERIODS (continued)

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Typically, if your employer has fewer than 20 employees, Medicare will be your primary insurer and you should enroll. But if you work for a company that has 20 or more employees, your employer’s group health plan will be your primary insurer as long as you remain an active employee. If this is the case, you don’t need to enroll in Part B or Part D when you turn 65 if you’re satisfied with the coverage you are getting through your job. But in most cases, unless you’re contributing to a Health Savings Account, you should at least sign-up for Medicare Part A, which is free and covers hospital services. Special Enrollment Period If you delay Part B and Part D past age 65, you can sign up for Medicare during the Special Enrollment Period. Once you (or your spouse) stop working and you no longer have group health coverage, you have eight months to enroll in Part B. But if you miss that deadline, you’ll pay a late-enrollment penalty for the rest of your life. The penalty increases your premiums by 10 percent for each 12-month period that you don’t have coverage.

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Now she was stuck in Japan. • Japanese officials tried to convince Iva to renounce her American citizenship but she refused. She was subsequently declared to be an enemy alien and was unable to secure a war ration card for herself. She got a job as a typist at Radio Tokyo. Despite her meager salary, she risked her life to smuggle food into a nearby POW camp where soldiers were being held. There she became acquainted with Australian Army Major Charles Cousens. • In 1943, the Japanese government asked Radio Tokyo to begin broadcasting war pro(continued in next column)

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6035 S. Transit Rd. Lockport, NY 14094

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Tammy Lee-Kavney-ROSe Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

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IVA TOGURI (cont’d) Rose” among the soldiers. • When Japan surrendered in 1945, Iva wanted to get back to the U.S. but she had no money. Meanwhile, the Hearst media company circulated ads offering $2,000 cash for an interview with the famous “Tokyo Rose.” This was equal to a year’s wages, and Iva responded hoping the money would help her get back to the U.S. Instead, she was arrested. She spent a year in an American prison in Japan while the FBI tried to find evidence. Charles Cousens fought on her behalf. • Released after a year, Iva petitioned to be able to return to the U.S. Her efforts were foiled by radio host Walter Winchell, who whipped up anti-Japanese sentiment against her. She was extradited to San Francisco where she became the 7th person in U.S. history to be charged with treason. The trial was the longest and most expensive in American history at the time, lasting 13 weeks and costing the equivalent of $5 million. She was found guilty of “speaking into a microphone concerning the loss of ships.” She received a $10,000 fine and a ten year prison sentence. She served six years of the sentence, and moved to Chicago when she was released. • Charles Cousens returned to Australia after the war, where he also faced charges of treason. Although charges were dropped, he was stripped of his commission. He made his living in broadcasting until his death in 1964. • President Gerald Ford granted Iva an unconditional pardon on his last day in office in 1977, and restored her to full American citizenship. Iva Toguri lived in Chicago until her death at the age of 90 in 2006.

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WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? • Jail: short-term detention, often for people who have not yet gone to trial. Lock-up: shortterm detention in a police station. Holding cell: a jail inside a courthouse. Work house: A county jail housing inmates with short-term sentences. Prison, Penitentiary: Confinement for long-term and hard-core inmates, also referred to as penal institutions or correctional institutions. • Coup: short for coup d’état (“blow to the state”) an unconstitutional seizure of governmental power by a small group, normally with the help of the military. Revolution: an uprising across a large swath of the population. Junta: (Spanish for “council”) the person or group who comes into power following a coup or revolution. • Dark Ages: Generally considered to be the 500 years following the fall of Rome in 470 A.D. Europe was overrun at various times by groups of Huns, Goths, Vandals, Angles, Saxons, and Vikings. Although Romans had been fairly literate, literacy rates fell during this period and little exists in the way of written history to tell us what happened during this time, leading to the name of “Dark Ages.” Middle Ages: Encompassed the Dark Ages and included the years up to the Renaissance which began around the year 1300. The Renaissance marked the revival of classical-based art and learning in Europe. The word “medieval” comes from the Latin words meaning literally “middle age.” The word “renaissance” comes from the French “renaistre” meaning “to be born again.” • Donkey: a species descended from the African wild ass, having 62 chromosomes and able to reproduce normally. Mule: offspring of a (continued on next page)

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