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...passes by George Buckner were caught by John Schierl and Chiz Craster in the first half to give Straus its first two tallies. Art Reynolds added another six points on a last-quarter...
Producer-Scripter Robert Buckner, working from the 1945 novel, Lights Out, is less successful in dramatizing the story of how the hero finds his way, through a darkness of self-pity and the patronizing pity of others, to inner strength and security. Without the unpretty toughness and raw emotional power of The Men, the film moves slickly on a sentimental journey past soap-opera landmarks. Veteran Kennedy must choose between living supinely on a sinecure provided by his prewar fiancee's wealthy father, or striking out independently with the help of a selfless girl (Peggy Dow) who loves...
...dinner of the Harvard Law School Association in the newly dedicated Harkness Commons. Endowment for the chair was provided by the joining of two gifts, the Roscoe Pound Fund, best up in 1936 by the Harvard Law School Association, and a recent bequest by the late Edward Buckner, a friend and former pupil of Pound...
After Peleliu, Smith was transferred to the staff of Lieut. General Simon Buckner's Tenth Army at Pearl Harbor, to help plan D-day on Okinawa, a combined Army-Marine operation (1,213 ships, 183,000 men). In July 1945 he was assigned once more to Quantico. Appointed as Quantico commandant in 1946 was General Clifton B. Gates, a regimental commander' on Guadalcanal who is now commandant of the Corps. Gates and Smith sifted out all that had been learned of the art of amphibious warfare and distilled it into a series of textbooks, leaning heavily on Smith...
Dick Braisted, consistent dinghy winner, will skipper the "Troubador," while Tom Pearson will navigate. The crew roster includes John Bishop, Phil Buckner, Humphery Doermann, John Gardner, Dave Lee, Phil Scullin, and Hal Willcox...