Word: linehan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first wave of Japanese bombers over Manila 17 years ago turned John Linehan from a civilian Navy employee into a fighter. Linehan rushed repairs on a destroyer, burrowed through bomb rubble for precious parts, on Christmas Day watched U.S. ships slip safely out to sea ahead of the invading Japanese. Then, with Manila in flames, Linehan himself slipped out of the doomed city and joined a guerrilla band...
...steaming Philippine jungle, John Linehan spent three years dodging Japanese soldiers' bullets and harassing the enemy. The Japanese never hurt him, but the jungle did. Suffering beriberi, malaria and enteritis, he lost 80 Ibs. By the time a U.S. sub evacuated Linehan, he had to be carried aboard...
From Brisbane, Australia, Linehan caught the transport Monterey for the U.S., spent 3½ days in San Francisco briefing U.S. intelligence, settled in California, and tried to forget his painful experiences. He has never had a chance to forget: 17 years later, onetime Guerrilla Linehan, now 61, is still being deviled by Government bureaucrats. Last week came an ultimatum from Washington: Linehan could either defend himself in court or fork over the $554.89 that he owed the U.S. for his fare from Australia on a U.S.-owned troopship...
Richard J. Linehan, Chief of the Cambridge Police, said that the board had voted to recommend permanent adoption of the one-way pattern, without any modifications. The letter of recommendation was sent to the City Manager's office but was not forwarded to the Council...
Cambridge police continued their campaign against parking violators, ticketing 327 cars on the third night of their drive, bringing the total to 893. Chief Richard J. Linehan warned drivers to "put them over in their...