The Day I Fired Alan Ladd and Other World War II AdventuresUniversity of Missouri Press, 2002 - 131 pages "All through his four-year military career, despite his efforts to get into combat, fate and the military bureaucracy thwarted him. The author skillfully recounts the events of those years, describing the encounters he had with many unforgettable characters, including a footsore and sentimental Clark Gable and an inept Alan Ladd - best known as the star of Shane. Ladd, then a GI, did such a poor job reading the narration for Hotchner's film Atlantic Mission that Hotchner had to fire him. The author also describes his encounters with other well-known people, notably Tennessee Williams, with whom he attended a playwriting class at Washington University, and a wistful, vulnerable Dorothy Parker."--Jacket. |
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... draft boards would exempt. (Like being called for jury duty and then excused when the judge discovered you were a lawyer.) My negative attitude toward being drafted had nothing to do with my feelings about what was happening in Europe ...
... draft boards would exempt. (Like being called for jury duty and then excused when the judge discovered you were a lawyer.) My negative attitude toward being drafted had nothing to do with my feelings about what was happening in Europe ...
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... draft number was halfway down on the national list, so it wasn't until February 1941 that I received a letter from the presi- dent of the United States that began, "Greeting: You are hereby or- dered to report for induction into the ...
... draft number was halfway down on the national list, so it wasn't until February 1941 that I received a letter from the presi- dent of the United States that began, "Greeting: You are hereby or- dered to report for induction into the ...
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... draft board . Ten middle- aged men , eight with paunches , six with glasses , all wearing neck- ties , behind a long wooden table , one folding chair facing the table for me to sit on . I described my involvement in the Cysmanski case ...
... draft board . Ten middle- aged men , eight with paunches , six with glasses , all wearing neck- ties , behind a long wooden table , one folding chair facing the table for me to sit on . I described my involvement in the Cysmanski case ...
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... draft board. What I did tell the board was that I was in the midst of prepar- ing for Cysmanski's trial and I asked for another six months so that my client would be properly represented. The gentlemen of the draft board were very ...
... draft board. What I did tell the board was that I was in the midst of prepar- ing for Cysmanski's trial and I asked for another six months so that my client would be properly represented. The gentlemen of the draft board were very ...
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A. E. Hotchner. Two. An unforeseen event undid my expectation that I would not be drafted, the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor destroying forever the American delusion that the United States was a secure island, uninvolved with the rest ...
A. E. Hotchner. Two. An unforeseen event undid my expectation that I would not be drafted, the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor destroying forever the American delusion that the United States was a secure island, uninvolved with the rest ...
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Page 8 - I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again : Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.
Page 1 - The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley. — Robert Burns, "To a Mouse,
Page 11 - Hook, was ordered to report for induction into the Armed Forces of the United States on Thursday 3 October 1957 by Selective Service, Local Board No.
Page 73 - He told me about their first duck shoot, early in the morning, the fog too thick to see the ducks, although you could hear them. Carole asked what they could do about it. Just sit here in the blind until it clears, Clark told her. She said she had just thought of something they could do while they were waiting. "We made love," Clark said, "which ain't easy in a duck blind.
Page 7 - ... service. If you have no valid reason for failing to do so you are liable to arrest, and if convicted you may be sentenced to as much as five years in prison and fined $10,000.
Page 67 - We were kept in a constant state of nervous and physical exhaustion, the purpose being to crack us if they possibly could and wash us out as potential officers.
Page 124 - C-47 transport over Germany during an airborne attack and joined an infantry outfit to help take an enemy position.
Page 82 - ... East Asia: Beginnings of Allied Recovery, 1942-43. In 1942-43 the Allies thwarted Japanese efforts to expand farther southward and eastward and began their island-hopping campaign toward Japan. Doolittle Raid. A few weeks after Pearl harbor, Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle proposed an air attack on Tokyo. Although his superior officers were skeptical, Doolittle was given permission to attempt this seemingly foolhardy venture. With a group of enthusiastic volunteers, he secretly prepared for the special...
Page 71 - Other key targets were the factories of the Aluminum Company of America at Alcoa, Tennessee; Massena, New York; and East St.