Word: barbella
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been AWOL from the Army for four months during the war. During that time, he picked up cigaret money-sometimes as little as $25-fighting in preliminary bouts. It took the Army a while to catch up with Rocky, perhaps because it was looking for a man named Rocco Barbella (his real name). Caught and court-martialed, Rocky was sentenced to twelve months' hard labor at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and dishonorably discharged. His manager insists that the dishonorable discharge was "suspended" because Rocky behaved so well in jail...
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