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Said one 21-year-old private: "They seem to think us fellows of the 716th [716th Railway Operation Battalion] were the only ones that did anything. That ain't right. All along the line [the railway leading from Cherbourg to Paris] there were any amount of men doing the same thing, maybe on a higher scale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Millionaire Battalion | 1/22/1945 | See Source »

Last week the cast, which now includes only three of its charter members, gave its 1,716th performance, then celebrated at a dinner the end of Tobacco Road's fourth year. It had already run longer than any other play in Broadway's history except Abie's Irish Rose (2,532 performances); its net profits were over half a million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Birthday | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

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