Tag: Casablanca
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Casablanca Opens in Theaters on this Day in History! 26 November 1942
“A DRAMA THAT LIFTS YOU RIGHT OUT OF YOUR SEAT” by LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.), ©2016, blogging at The Jaghunter (Nov. 26, 2016) — JAG HUNTER here: Only eighteen days following the start of OPERATION TORCH, whereupon my dad–Navy Doctor, Lieutenant Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, Jr. and his shipmates in USS COLE (DD –…
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Col. Davis Interview, Part 3 – Going Off to War
“YOU MAY NOT GET A SECOND CHANCE” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 27, 2015) — In this portion of our interview with Dr. Tom E. Davis (Col.). USA (Ret.), he describes how he enlisted in the service during World War II despite a rejection from military screeners because of his eyesight. Graduating high school at age…