Word: geer
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Died. Andrew Geer, 52, brawny military novelist and historian (The New Breed), who joined the British army in World War II, served with Montgomery's Desert Rats in North Africa, later, as a U.S. Marine captain, saw action at Saipan and Iwo Jima, as a major commanded a battalion of the 1st Marine Division in Korea, authored the bestselling (2,000,000 copies) war novel The Sea Chase; of cancer; in San Rafael, Calif...
Louise Weiss was chosen commencement chairman; Margaret R. Antonelli, baccalaureate chairman; Faith D. B. Heward and Lee Ginsher, class night co-chairmen; Carolyn Briggs, class agent; and Marcia McCuaig Geer, class secretary...
...Geer & Ogden Lost...
Furthermore, Ulen has lost the services of Duke Geer, a 440 regular last year, and Stu Ogdon, a developing sprinter; both have been forced off the team by chronic health conditions...
...book has too much padding in its saddlebags, and Author Geer (The New Breed) is guilty of some sloppy writing, but in spite of these handicaps, Reckless and her comrades in arms gallop through in fine style...