Word: eto
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Neither incompetent nor careless, and by no means stupid, Robert Sharon Allen of Pearson & Allen's Washington Merry-Go-Round was Patton's G-2 operations executive (i.e., military intelligence officer) in the ETO campaigns. He came home minus his right arm, sporting a rash of ribbons and a Patton commendation for "superior performance." No shrinking violet, Allen has let his publisher spread the commendation on the jacket of Lucky Forward, his raucous, truculent history of Patton's Third Army. In a not very roundabout way, the author is made to shine in the reflection of Patton...
Woven into the plot are 17 songs by Courtney Crandall '46 and John Knowles '47, with all lyrics contributed by student director William Scudder '48. The Pudding chorus is under the direction of former ETO theater director Charles Conkling. Morthner Marshall, another service show veteran, directs the script and Donald Finlayson and Miss Pat Havens are in charge of scenery and costuming, respectively...
Assisting him will be dance director Charles Conkling, who was formerly in charge of all soldier shows in the ETO. Scenery and costuming will be done by Donald Finlayson and Miss Pat Haveus respectively...
...endured upper-classmen's humor. But as soldiers, most wore their ribbons. They were the gaudiest plebes in the Academy's history. On his grey dress coat, Cadet Clark sported pilot's wings, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 13 clusters, and an ETO ribbon with six stars...
...recent months I, as well as many of my associates, have regarded with increasing alarm the rapid demobilization of not only our entire armed strength, but also the small army of occupation we are maintaining in the ETO...