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Secretary Arab arrives in wartime Washington
Andy Blake, a young Army lieutenant, and his wife Arab confront a tense move to Washington in October 1942. Arab takes a job with Ordnance while the couple grapples with housing, secrecy, and the danger of loose talk on a city bus amid wartime paranoia.
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Washington
Arab
Pentagon
Andy
Greer Garson
Ordnance
Blake
Ingliss
Parker
Guadalcanal
Stalingrad
Andy Blake
Pennsylvania
O’donnell’s
Norfolk
Union Station
Groton
St. Paul’s
Falls Church
Virginia
Chevy Chase
Circle
England
Jane
Arabella Blake
Pitman
Gregg
Capital Transit
Connecticut Avenue
Jesus
Isaiah
Nazareth
God
Christ
Calvary