President Roosevelt, it appeared, started a trend when in 1941 he arranged a West Point appointment for Colin Kelly III, now 4, son of World War II's first U.S. air hero. Following along with many another school and college, New York University last week awarded its 17th Gold Star Scholarship to the child of an alumnus dead in war. The recipient: eleven-month-old Philip H. Davis Jr. of Chattanooga, whose father was killed while piloting a Liberator over Europe.
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