Flyboy Memoir of Combat Over Burma and China
After West Point and Kelly Field, Robert Scott fights for a chance at combat in Burma. He leads P-40s against Japanese gunboats and encounters a deserting mission, a fallen comrade Elias, and a dramatic rescue of villagers who recognize the Air Force star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Robert Scott
Kelly Field
India
Chennault
Burma
Maj
Alison
Likiang
China
Tibet
Arabia
Genghis Khan
Assam
Kunming
Charlie Sawyer
Talifu
Sawyer
Star of
Army Air
Lolo
White Star
Air Force
Lake Tali
Salween
Holloway
Coe U
Caste Sareen
Henry Elias
Hengyang
Ajax Baumler
Elias
Nanchang
Lake Puyang Hu
Hill
Tex Hill
Sintze-Hukow Strait
Kukiang
Yangtse
Wang
Kian
Yunnan
Hollywood notes and army radio show mischiefs
Studio breezes and stage intrusions color a busy Hollywood roundup. News covers Ginny Simms’s performance, Geraldine Fitzgeralds career moves, studio mergers rumors, Leo McCarey filming, Ingrid Bergman, and Goofy in Disney’s African Diary. Also noted are Bacall Bogart assignments, Abbott and Costello gains, and a PhilharMonic broadcast of requests for troops abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginny Simms
Ken Roberts
Ginny
Roberts
Hollywood
RKO
Paramount
Leo McCarey
Ingrid Bergman
Henry Travers
Rainbow Productions
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Artur Dodzinski
CBS
Armed Forces Radio Service
Sewing Circle Patterns Daytime Frock No 8794 and 780
Simple stylish daytime frocks with cap sleeves and a bow finish. Pattern No 8794 covers sizes 12 through 42 and needs 3 yards of 35 inch material for size 14 plus a neck bow. Pattern No 780 covers sizes 14 through 46 and needs 3 3/4 yards of 39 inch material for size 16. War demand slightly delays orders.
Quick Household Hacks from an Antique Manual
Simple sewing tip keeps pins ready by tying a small pin cushion to the wrist with elastic. Protect tools by taping the bottom of powder cans to avoid rust in sinks. Separate lettuce by cutting the core cone and running water. Decor ideas reuse wallpaper scraps on lamp shades and scrapbook covers. Rubber glove fingers guard injured digits during bandaging.
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God IS
Col
Robert L.scott
Wii
Chapter
Kweilin
Haakow
Baumler
Hunan
Schiel
O’connell
Sintze- Hukow Strait
Puyang Hu
Ndezvous
Cal
Western New
Paper Union
Virginia Vale
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Wilson
Warner Bros
John Garfield
Uncle Harry
Universal
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
Joan Davis
Oliver Wallace
der Fuehrer
Walt Disney
Goofy
Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
Fred MacMurray
Leslie Fenton
Mutual Productions
MacMurray
Marguerite Chapman
Fred
Akim Tamiroff
Wiliam Demarest
Harry Davenport
Douglas Dumbrille
Abbott
Ozzie Nelson
Mexico
Dorothy Lamour
Joan’ Bennett
Republic
Sunset Carson
Amos 'N
Andy
Smart
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
St. Joseph
Aunt Sassié
Royal S.A
Roya U
Bre Bert
Kelloggs
Hea Kellogg
Kellogg’s
Sor 'la
Pennk
Serene
NRC
SLOAN
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