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War celebrity enlistment era shows mixed motives
The column surveys WWI and WWII era enlistments of Hank Gowdy Eddie Grant and Hugh Mulcahy, noting press hype around famous names, then quotes actor critic on fame versus duty. It also profiles landscape architect Eliot and hoe delusions about postwar planning, stressing forward planning and social design.
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York
Hank Gowdy
Eddie Grant
Giants
Argonne
Polo Grounds
Charies V
Eliot Tius
Peandent
Harvard
National Resources Planning Board
Washington
Eliot
League of Nations
League
Tommy
Kipling
Mr. Eliot