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...sentimental O'Brien column, written the day his son Donel went off to war -and death-told a universal story. It was reprinted in Reader's Digest, read on the radio and at Rotary Clubs...
...January 1942, Howard Vincent O'Brien, Chicago Daily News columnist, wrote this simple story of how a father feels when he says good-by to a soldier son. Before the year was out, millions of Americans felt that they knew slim, tall (5 ft., 11 in.) Donel O'Brien, 20, a fresh, handsome kid with wavy blond hair and a quick, Irish grin. For twelve years, Howard Vincent O'Brien had been offering Daily News readers a pleasant column of unspectacular introspection called All Things Considered. The morning he said good-by to Donel, Columnist...
...23rd birthday, the Army Air Forces' Lieut. Donel O'Brien, navigator, was reported "missing in action" after a bombing raid on Germany...
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