Word: notes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hours after the bridge fell came a final ironic note in its role in World War II. The German communique announced that three majors and a lieutenant had been put to death for their failure to destroy...
...crooner ... to win," Actor Crosby quipped: "Now if he'd find me a horse to win the Kentucky Derby, it would be the greatest parlay in history." Also be-Oscared: Ethel Barrymore, best supporting actress (None but the Lonely Heart); Margaret O'Brien, best child actress. Wartime note: Oscars, instead of the usual gold plate, were made of lacquered plaster...
...real power to enforce his wish. A body cannot legally be willed; its disposal is up to relatives. In Britain, courts usually give the next-of-kin his way; in the U.S., courts often respect the deceased's wishes. Best a man can do is leave a note that he wants a medical school to have his body, hope that no sentimental relative will object when the time comes...
News from the Canal. For two years his family had only the briefest notes from him as he made the rounds of Quantico, Parris Island, New River. He was a natural soldier, quick, alert and full of quiet, easy leadership. His buddies gave him their highest accolade-"a good marine." He was made a corporal, then a sergeant. One day a note came to Raritan on brown wrapping paper from a place called Guadalcanal. "I have arrived safely," was all it said. John's family mailed him paper and pencils, but for all the good it did they might...
...Other Day. . . ." Not until the following June did his family hear from him again. Then came a letter on cheap note paper, in John's schoolboy hand: "I am very happy for the other day I received the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest award you can receive in the arm forces. . . . Tell Pop his son is still tough. Tell Don thanks for the prayer they say in school...