- Go^oser, iMeridith Willson of ' jljan*; •' „£aiifc ligoi > D$ftex*ti&rtfc of the Axfe.
Certificate; of Appreciation /’for,patriotic civX^W service”***(.,the scene* Ft*
Shafter in jonfluiu, aod.^ikingv.the presentatibn was 6eh. I..D* White*' CG .df the ;
Army in .the. Pacific**."Mr* Wiilsop’s'most recent tributes to tfod fighting men*of
the. U..S.«Aiimy,,r>sread, the citation/ "came. when "he generpusly provided ; the..music
of.*«his. previous , success 'Centennial1 for adaptation, as ''The Tropic Lighting’ * the
offi$ial..^r£X.pf the :25th,inf. Biyy" .;• tc. ‘ ' % ' ’.
o., ;.The parade, ip ..Washington.^ annual National Cherry Blossom * estival had veter
an movie actor Walter Brennan as grand marshall,’ filling a..post that /William
Bendix held last year**,the 32nd Abn* Div. at Ft/Bragg,'N.C., had'a visit from
stress,:Linda,Christian, with $gt* Maj* Clarence.p. Sprouse as guide op. a.tour
of .the "All; American” area** *• the. AF ’Security Service, at Sah Aptonio,' Tdx*, has
A/2C;Uik$ Foran ^ho. wantsito. follow*in-the acting footsteps of Hi§' father Dick*
Mike-,took a two-week leave to work in John Bayne’s Texas locationed "The:, Alamo"
Which,, should 3?e* hitting the nation’s screens].spon*,*....*ihat'WWII film'"Hell*t6
-Eternity" used 6.50 Japanese in its batVle scenes,’ and the producer found that
75 percent of' them fought in the Imperial‘.Japanese Army], many of them* itiL' tfee,
Saipan and Tinian campaigns depicted in the film.
, . Jackie- Cocper> TV* s "Hennesy" add a veteran of three and one_hfilf years iPaihe
Navy was guest of honor; at ^ pan.. Diego! Recruit. brigade review... *.* / V hspedkihg
.qf -video pnd., the. Nayy, there’ s';Roger pmith of.' the. "77 Sunset; Strip" series, who
probably, owes his acting career to an old pro, Janies Cagney* Smith was a gunnery
jbreih^ -stationed - at Barber$oint,. Hawaii,. and* doing some off-duty enterain
ing. .in, Honolulu niteries* c^a^ney, ] who was starring in Roberts” oh locat
ion there ..spotted him and encouraged him to try Hollywood after his Navy stint*
A scritper for TV’s "Kraft Theater" is also Pvt. Larry Cohen, RFA trainee at
^Ft. Pijt.;,; N.J. .. .j*his scripts deal with crime detection, yet he* A never* seen, thb*
inside, of a- police station*.**••* Gene Lesney, .editor of "The Fariscope,”‘Seine
•Area Commend paper, interviewed singer fat Boone,, in Paris to f ilm pa couple, of
his TV .shows..I envy -the lucky American teenagers who arev here jin France/’
Pat told-him sjia.de wistfully.. Final Item*****Lana Turner joins the Officers’
Wives .Club* Ip her next starrer,. ".The* Colonel’s Lady," she*.11 play a" glamorous
Broadway actress whQ.,marries an .Army Colonel* • * * ' *
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