Word: jonke
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...months in World War II with the Navy, 24 of them in the Pacific, he went home with the rank of lieutenant commander and barged into politics. With the help of Senator Arthur Vandenberg, who was one of Jerry's early mentors, Ford knocked off Isolationist Congressman Barney Jonk-man in the 1948 Republican primary, easily defeated his Democratic opponent in the November election. With his bride of three months, pretty ex-Model Elizabeth Bloomer, he headed for Washington...
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