Word: sergeant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...European manager of MOT - until the German Wehrmacht ran him out of Paris - and as a SHAEF correspondent during the battle for Europe. His associate producer, Arthur Tourtellot, had served his wartime hitch in the Coast Guard. Between them, with the aid of ex-U.S. Marine sergeant and MOT Scriptwriter Fred Feldkamp, and a big crew of film editors, librarians, researchers and technicians, they managed to put the Eisenhower story on celluloid...
...many ways, Martha was a fine helpmeet. When one of Ray's many wives-a Mrs. Myrtle Young-went to the Chicago cops and complained that Ray had taken her savings, steel-nerved Martha stood behind her and winked significantly at the desk sergeant. The sergeant advised Myrtle to see a psychiatrist; she died soon afterward of a cerebral hemorrhage...
...Sergeant at Arms...
...relentless prober, tough as a drill sergeant with philosophy students, a hollow-cheeked scholar who despised automobiles and movies (the only movie he ever saw was a documentary on the theory of relativity). But hundreds of students flocked to his classroom to join his lifelong search for truth. Where did the search lead him? This week, a year after his death, Morris Cohen gave his answer in the form of a posthumously published autobiography, A Dreamer's Journey (Beacon Press...
...plot, which revolves around the really worn-out pregnancy motif and the First Sergeant's schemes to get transferred overseas, is fortunately incidental. The main humor is in the minor incidents, such as the colonel's inspection of the orderly room, and the men's desperate stampede to get under cover at 5:15 to avoid having to salute as the flag is lowered...