with the horses and wanted one. Allen told her he knew the colonel in charge of the riding school and would arrange something. Allen didn’t know the colonel at all but he called him and arranged the sale. Over the next two years he brokered the sale of six horses to the woman. Only an Ameri- can would have such chutzpah. To top it off, Walt Disney came to Austria and made a movie about the rescue of these famous horses during World War II, and Allen got to meet Disney himself.
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higher education for U.S. service people. So Allen looked around and found that Austria recognized the G.I. Bill and would accept him. Instead of studying Italian, Allen went to Vienna, studied German and taught American English to Austrian Army officers. He thought it was funny that he was just a young American soldier in his twenties but when he entered the room all the Austrian officers would stand out of respect. Allen also thought it was funny that the only English the officers were really interested in learning were the four letter words they knew they would encounter at Amer- ican military bases. Austria is famous for its Lipizzan horses, an ancient breed that for hundreds of years has been trained in dressage techniques that go back to the time when they were war horses for the Hapsburg Empire. While Allen was working as a tour guide he met a wealthy woman and took her to the Lipiz- zan stables where a demonstration of their amazing skills was being held. The woman was fascinated
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89 He thought it was funny that he was just a young American soldier in his twenties but when he entered the room all the Austrian officers would stand out of respect.
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