Handsome, 26-year-old Jimmy Wilson has come a long way since a lonely night in 1944 when his Army plane crashed against a Vermont mountainside. That was the night he lost both hands and both feet. The Government fitted him with a set of artificial limbs, the sympathetic public—through newspaper campaigns—showered him with $105,000, and Jimmy himself did the rest.
Last week, jaunty Jimmy Wilson provided one of the most cheering newsphotos of the week. Wearing a smile as wide as his snappy bow tie, he was shown out walking with pretty, 23-year-old...
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