Word: moms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Thompson, 18, who got forms for all members of his football team. Detroit opened five new recruiting centers. Enlistments of boys jumped 50% to 75% in New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland and other big cities. Most frequent reason given by the youngsters: Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chat had won Mom's and Pop's consent...
...Dorothy Betram of Huntington, L.I. is a traffic cop. (Her only objection: "My children don't call me Mom any more. They call me officer...
This is how Hersey introduces the men who went through the first Japanese air attack: "The men, who had instinctively thrown themselves on the ground, stood up and dusted off. The Sergeant who had started a letter carefully folded the piece of paper, which had only 'Dear Mom' on it, and put it in his pocket. They all talked about the wind that bombs make, and how they felt. . . . They started loading their guns. They had never actually fired their guns before and they wished they could let a couple of rounds go just to get over...
...waiting mother wrapped him briefly in her arms. Next he caught up and kissed his daughter, Joan." He posed, frozen-faced, while photographers snapped him getting reacquainted with Joan (see cut). Asked his favorite dish, he said, "I don't care what it is so long as Mom cooks it." Said the 30-year-old hero of Bataan: "I'm going to spend every minute I can with my family...
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