Word: gilliland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...GILLILAND JR. Seoul, Korea
...Souk, 13, who had flown all the way from the Azores, where his father works, threw an extra "r" into fanfaronade, and only five spellers were left. Then the only remaining male, Ken Finkel of Atlanta, left one "l" out of favillous. Sandra Owen was unshakable on sequela. Mary Gilliland of Fort Worth hesitated on butyraceous but managed to get by, and redheaded Dana Bennett, 13, of Denver, tossed off ovoviviparous as if it were cat. Poor Jolitta Schlehuber of Topeka, however, substituted an "s" for a "c" in racemiform. And so there were three...
...that time, Mary Gilliland, whose thick drawl had made trouble for the judges, was clearly over her head: in Round 23, she spelled eudaemonic with a "y" That left Sandra facing only Dana...
...very much surprised to read about Charley Gilliland being awarded, posthumously, the Medal of Honor [Dec. 13]. When I joined . . . the 3rd Division's 7th Infantry Regiment in 1950, Gilliland was already somewhat of a minor legend. The men of the company called him "The Sheriff" because of his western mustache and Gary Cooperish drawl. The rest of the battalion called him "Pistol Pete," because of his habit of collecting numerous weapons. At one time he carried, besides his 20-lb. Browning automatic, an Army issue .45, two revolvers, a chrome-plated automatic, and a Russian burp...
Last week, tears streaming down his face, Leon Gilliland of Yellville, Ark. accepted from Army Secretary Robert Stevens a real medal, the Medal of Honor, posthumously awarded to his son for "incredible valor...