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No, but he thinks another soldier did. It's a bit of a grim tale (though that page doesn't cite its sources, so take this with a grain of salt):

the kitten was one of two who were orphaned after a soldier shot their mother for “yeowling”. The marine who adopted the other kitten killed it after rolling over on it in his sleep.

But Praytor’s kitten survived. He fed her on meat from ration cans. After Praytor left her to return home, she became something of a mascot for the company’s public information office. Praytor believed another marine, corporal Conrad Fisher, eventually adopted her and brought her home to the United States.

Edit: this history enthusiast's page corroborates the story with a citation of Frank D. Praytor, "The Commandant and the Cat," The Greybeards 23, no. 3 (May-June 2009): 30-31, 65

Indeed, the coins are broken off the resulting "coin tree" and then cleaned up by filing. The edges and details stand proud. Searching for "ban liang mold" will show other similar Chinese molds.

If you're running a place like this, you're likely to want to reduce your liability risk as much as possible, I imagine. Doubly so in as litigious a country as the USA.

Great question! What got you thinking about the animal you'd like to be?

So they also have to imitate his illiterate misuse of title case for Important Words, random quotation marks for "emphasis", and littering of SHOUTY WORDS, not to mention his bizarre self-aggrandized tone and his ridiculous ways of ending messages that he thinks makes them look more important? Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I'm late to the party, but speaking of the Bayeux Tapestry, modern archeology has never found any convincing evidence of the Battle of Hastings either, despite the battleground being fairly well historically indicated. It's even led to speculation -- generally dismissed by scholars -- that the battle didn't happen near the site of the abbey that was meant to have been constructed on be spot.

Happy Indepedence Day! Because you can write "independence" without three Ns!

(Their) women who have become masters in their duties:
High priestesses who keep (their) vow to their bridegrooms,
Cloistered women who, with their skill, nourish the womb with life,
Holy women who cleanse with pure water.
They keep the prohibitions and adhere to what is sacred,
Kneeling in prayer, armed with a supplication,
Reverent and vigilant, mindful of good works,
They visit the sanctuaries, seeking life.
Skilled in benevolence, they act with propriety.
[They (the women) are the cows] of all Babylon, the herds of Ištar,
They (the men) are the ones freed by Marduk.
He (scil. Marduk) will never permit them to be robbed, nor to be slandered.

From the PDF linked on this Cambridge University Press page. The CUP themselves only included one line from that section.

...to relocate to one of our finest remaining canine centers. I thought so much of Doggy Daycare that I elected to establish my Pack here, in the Play Room so thoughtfully provided by Our Benefactors. I have been proud to call Doggy Daycare my home.

And so, whether you are here to stay, or passing through on your way to parts unknown, welcome to Doggy Daycare. It's safer here.

I've seen people dismiss this as purely praise for Slater (about whom I know nothing), but it's very hard not to read these statements from the tweet:

Great pick by @realDonaldTrump.

He likes that Gail Slater was given a prominent role. Fair enough – the ping of Trump's account seems pandering, but it's not exactly a million-dollar donation to his inauguration.

10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned.

Implies Republicans look to promote small businesses against tech monopolies. Demonstrably not the case.

People forget that the current antitrust actions against Big Tech were started under the first Trump admin.

Suggests the Trump Admin are the bastions against Silicon Valley giants. Completely laughable.

Not to mention that they were happily selling Kanye West's Nazi clothing until the press and social media called them out for it.

You spelled it right.

For those who don't know -- which included me until a moment ago -- Heydrich was a key figure in the planning of the Holocaust, in the planning and execution of Kristallnacht, in the formation and running of the Gestapo, in the Einsatzgruppen SS death squads that operated on foreign soil, in the false flag operation that was used as a pretext for the invasion of Poland. He was about to be deployed to combat the French resistance when he was assassinated by Czech resistance soldiers.

He's right up there with Hitler, Himmler, Göring, Goebbels, etc.