Back from his entertainment tour of the South Pacific military bases, gape-grinned Film Comedian Joe E. Brown had covered 32,000 miles, had seen more war front than most U.S. soldiers. He had ripped through comedy routines before 8 a.m. and hours after dark. One show he did in Papuan jungle grass up to his hips, six minutes' march from Jap positions; another went on in a driving downpour at Milne Bay, New Guinea.
Brown had undertaken the tour at his own expense, in part as a memorial to his son, Captain Don Brown, killed in a California bomber crash last...
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