Word: ken
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This underground bistro has since become the Ken Club, where such bands as those of Red Allen, Bill Davison, Gene Sedric, and Frankie Newton played in the period from Pearl Harbor until early '44, after which a new entertainment policy featuring a juke box was adopted...
...backfield is in a more fluid state right now, with Jack MacDonald and Tom Tennant alternating in the blocking back slot, Bill Jenkins, Herb Fritts, and Pete Harwood sharing the wingback duties, Leo Flynn, ken O'Donnell, Bill Jackson, and Charley Roche handling the tallback job, and Bob Cowen and Hal Miller filling in at fullback...
...respectable record of four and one. Fisher, Flynn, O'Donnell, DiLuzio, and Miller have just returned from the wars; the first two saw much service on the '42 team, last formal squad to take the field for Coach Harlow, and they are being counted on heavily this year. Ken O'Donnell, a flight leader with 34 missions to his credit, is a younger brother of Cleo O'Donnell of '42 Varsity fame, and will see much action at tailback along with Flynn, who is also an Air Force veteran...
...remember whether he was born in America or not. His father was some sort of resident trade commissioner in Washington. Anyway, after high school Ken went on to George Washington University, where he made a fine record. After that he went to Tokyo to teach English, and it always seemed to me that somehow Ken really didn't want...
...wonder whether Ken might not have won a Silver Star on our side with that Japanese outfit in Italy, if, so long ago, a little girl's mother hadn't taken exception to his almond eyes...