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They Fell With out an Attempt to Retreat
A moving Century of heroism entry recalls Dade’s Florida Seminole battle and a later New Year’s tale of romance and misread initials. Major Dade leads a doomed expedition at the Withlacoochee. Gardiner and Bassinger command amid heavy losses and a silent stand. The monument atop West Point’s hill marks the 1885 battle. A separate New Year’s vignette follows Jim Hollett’s flirtation during a hotel parade, then shifts to Niles Young and Helen Yardley’s early playwriting romance sparked by initials that predicted a big Broadway opening in 1931.
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Elmo Scott Watson
United States Military Academy
West Point
United States
Florida
Dade
Gardiner
Bessinger
Mudge
Keals
Henderson
Gallin
St Augustine
Fla
Mississippi River
Osceola
Cumber
Fort Brooke
Hillsboro Bay
Tampa
Fort King
Withlacoochee River
Braj
Francis L. Dade
Artilery
Fraser
Bassinger
Keats
Gatlin
Key West
Herses
Dave
Frazer
Major Dade
F'Razer
Kenis
Cade
Bassiner
Theo
Little Fort
Battlefeld
Bealty
di Hollet
Tim Hollett
Jim Holler
Mai
Jim
Murcheson
Jim Hollett
Jim Hollet
Western Newspaper Union
Niles Young
Helen Yardley
New York
Helen
Niles
Thalia
Metropolitan
Nell Yardley
Western Newspeper Union