Word: mother
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Seaman First Class Leon LeRoy, 18, had an emergency leave and a No. 3 priority. He was on his way to Antioch, Calif. to comfort his recently widowed mother. At Memphis Bluejacket LeRoy was told to get his gear off the plane: his No. 3 priority had been trumped by a No. 1; 300 pounds of critical material was" coming aboard. A Seabee and an Army technical sergeant, both on their way to ailing wives...
Might-Have-Been. Krueger was born to military tradition older than the U.S. But for the early death of his father, a Prussian colonel, he might today be commanding an army under Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt. His widowed mother brought her children, including eight-year-old Walter, from Flatow in Prussia to the U.S. to be near an uncle in St. Louis. After she remarried, the family settled in Madison, Ind. Walter's adolescent ambition was to be a naval officer; his mother would not let him apply for appointment to Annapolis. "She was afraid...
...kissed (in scenes for Kiss and Tell), appeared cool & collected throughout 99 solid bussings by 22 actors. Asked if she had done any private practicing, Shirley said, "Of course not. Oh, perhaps a kiss or two at a New Year's party or something like that." Said her mother, who had been watching Shirley at work: "My goodness, I wouldn't know. This is a new experience...
...Whistler (yes, old straighten up and Stan Wright) got a formal hands off note recently from an irate Boston mother. In spite of Stan's letter enclosing his distinction marks and quartile rating, it seems that her 14-year-old daughter is still too young for his attentions. But Stan never says die. He's currently working on that "schoolboy" approach...
...Have Eternity...." He studied at home, learned Arabic, French, English. At eleven he went to Boston with his sister, mother and halfbrother, stayed there for two years. He studied at Beirut and in Paris, wrote poems in Arabic. His first poem, Spirits Rebellious, was burned in the market place of Beirut, and he was exiled from Lebanon and excommunicated from the Maronite Church as "dangerous, revolutionary and poisonous to youth...