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Word: hawrylytz (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...technical sergeant who said he was Stanley Hawrylytz turned up on the first show with a tale of knocking off a igman Jap patrol on Kiska, for which (he said) he got a Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, a Purple Heart and a serious foot wound. He said his home was in Erie, Pa. He wanted a job in Alaska. He got an offer. U.S. Army records later disclosed that his right name was Harvilick, his home address was actually Springboro, Pa., there was no record of overseas service or citations. And there were, of course, no live Japs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Heroes for Hire | 2/21/1944 | See Source »

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