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Word: messboy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...played by Tyrone Power, Marty is a fresh greenhorn from Ireland who conies to the Point as a messboy and in time joins the Army, who marries Maureen O'Hara and becomes not only an all-around trainer but confidant and informal adviser to a long gray line of cadets. Since it all began in 1896, Director John Ford gets a chance to toss in the names or quick flashes of the faces of the West Pointers who later became national heroes: MacArthur, Patton, Bradley, Stratemeyer, Wainwright, Van Fleet, and in the scene depicting the first Army-Notre Dame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 21, 1955 | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

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