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Face of a Hero is called by its publishers "one of the most powerful and truthful novels to come out of World War II." It is powerful only if a mixture of bitterness and resentment can be called power, and it is not so much a novel as one grouser's-eye view of the war in the air. The author is First Novelist Louis Falstein, a gunner who completed his 50 missions, won the Air Medal and added a couple of clusters to it. His hero and narrator is Gunner Ben Isaacs, a congenital soul searcher, as much...
...must do is competently handled. Under General Marshall, he knows it is; and this is why the U.S. soldier, in action, has proved utterly dependable and determined-the ultimate test of morale. Before & after the battle the U.S. soldier will proudly remain the world's champion grouser-he will beef handsomely even at the Victory Parade...
...asked Grouser, "do you date Business School men?" "Well" replied one of the few girls who were still in the office after the 5:00 o'clock bells had rung, "some of us do.--Six of the girls are married and several engaged...
...Grouser stepped outside feeling like a new man. For the next ten days his spirits were high. Then came the time when report number six was being handed back. He hurried to Morgan 3, down the pleasant corridors, and the girls smiled broadly as she handed him number 3255. Back went the cover, and down sat the Grouser. Unsatisfactory, in that same bold feminine hand...
...Well, I'll be damned, " groaned Grouser. "Maybe it's me after...