Word: aced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bong is unquestionably an excellent combat pilot. He is risking his life daily (as are millions of others). He is the American Ace of Aces. For these things let him be given all possible credit. But these facts do not make him a charming social companion, a diplomat, or a conservative flyer and driver...
...TIME and other publications we read of a young ace's spectacular achievements and glowing accounts of him personally. At his death eulogies were written. From my cousin, who was flying in England at the same time, we learned that the young ace had gone "kill crazy", wanted to run his count to unprecedented heights. He had become unconcerned about the safety of his wing man, came home day after day alone. Other flyers grew understandably reluctant to accompany him; he started making flights alone, and was shortly after reported missing...
Merrill's Epic. Stilwell's main force, by this time about 50 miles northwest of Myitkyina, had an ace up its sleeve. A group of Merrill's Marauders were on the move. In a 23-day mountain march that was one of the epic infantry advances of the war they slid through Japanese lines in three columns, emerged north, south and west of Myitkyina...
Best known of all the repatriates was Canada's No. i ace, Flight Lieut. George ("Screwball") Beurling, who has 31 combat kills to his credit, a D.S.O., D.F.C. and a D.F.M. and bar. He returned briefly to Canada in 1942, then went back to England. Probably home now for good, he will teach deflection gunnery to Canada's fledglings. Said Spitfireman Beurling: "You couldn't get me in a bomber. They're too dangerous. . . . But the bombers are doing the real job. Fighter duels are just side shows...
...husband who systematically sets to work to drive his lovely young wife insane. Hollywood's husband is not quite so icily satanic, his wife not excruciatingly demoralized, as in the original. But as acted by Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer and directed by George Cukor, Hollywood's ace manipulator of emotional actresses and lacy decor (Camille), Gaslight is still a fierce, hair-raising, handsome piece of psychological horror...