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...outstanding figure in the show, however, is Corporal Ray Richardson, 23-year-old Chicagoan, who plays "Tom Wand"-a take-off of the opera's legit Don Jose. Richardson formerly sang with the Chicago Opera, which certainly doesn't hurt his renditions of I Love You, A Little on the Lonely Side and Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart...
Before the take-off he heard the men moan as the radio picked up a San Francisco announcer shouting: "I hope all you boys out there are as happy as we are at this moment. People are yelling and screaming, and whistles are blowing." Outbound, the crew prayed for a message that never came, ordering them to dump their bombs into the sea and return to base. They roared in over blacked-out Honshu, weathered the flak of fire-bombed Kumagaya...
...farmer's car-of -all-trades, the new jeep can pull a plow, harrow or load of hay; by means of a power take-off at the rear it can run a saw, threshing machine, or drill post holes. Slicked up, with top, side curtains, and comfortable seats, it can carry farmer & family to town. Willys expects to make 20,000 civilian jeeps this year, expects to sell them in the neighborhood...
Dignified General Walter Krueger briefed the troops himself, and was on hand for the dawn take-off to wish the men "good luck, now." As Sixth Army commander he had worked out the plan to end the Cagayan Valley campaign in northern Luzon. He had a special interest in the 11th Airborne Division's jump be hind Japanese lines...
Soul-Shaking Decision. General Ike was asked if the Normandy invasion could have been postponed again (bad weather had already delayed the take-off two days). Said he: "We would have had to postpone it for a minimum of twelve days. . . . The prospect of trying to hold up that mighty thing was bad." The decision to go ahead was one of his hardest decisions-"a little soul-shaking...