Grab The Woodie...It's A Summer Road Trip!

Gentle Readers...let's do gather our baggage and roll out the 1947 Woodie!

We're headed 'ore the bi-ways and hi-ways of America on a splendid ROAD TRIP!

We'll be

laying heated rubber atop the asphalt pavement,
careening one way streets the wrong way, navigating
hairpin curves of  delight and excitement,

and bumping down ivy tangled dusty back country roads
looking for lovers and others...

We're Checking Out All Of America And We're Checking Out You!

So join along in a veritable joy ride of excitement, pleasure and please do

 comport yourselves with wild abandonment?!

"Forget you've got a reputation to uphold" sez Jolene Bungalow Gal

Scoot now...dahlings?!

I've got a million things to do...why
there's, the lingerie to pack, just the perfect shoes for the
races,...the purse for the cotillion...the hat for
the Grand Canyon (snug lest it does not blow away!)...
and fey...

I'm off!


Hubba, Hubba
Oh-Dad-E-Oh!

A Rendezvous With Beauty 1940s Style!

Rule Number 1, Gentle Readers?  Wherever there are women, there are bound to be men. 

Rule Number 2, Gentle Readers?  Wherever there are women, there are bound to be the needs for beauty essentials, hair styles, make-up and fashion.

 Naturally, this need is a sincere response to these abounding men and a myriad of other reasons as well!

Alright, so Jolene Bungalow Gal stretched Rule Number 2 a bit, but perhaps not? 

Let's read onward, shall we? 

 Let's explore the breadth and depth of beauteous hairstyles and culture in the 1940s and a wee tad bit of the predecessor of beauty ideals via the 1930s.

Let's have a looksee at the products and some of the beautiful mavens who practiced the "application" of beauty, hairstyles and trends!

BUT REMEMBER?

In the era of the 1930s and 1940s?

Oh, do be sure dahlings that you remember...

fashion style was imitated globally and
these ideals of beauty radiated the world over!

Let's wander about the 1930s first...

and think Finger Waves in hairstyles.

And,  think hats...1930s and 1940s.

Why, we have the Lilly Daché who

built the Daché Hat Emporium back in the 1930s!

Our darling women, the world over swooned at the

thought of donning a hat on any ocassion!

Hats...Hats...oh hats...all the rage of yesterday but where have you gone today?

Ms. Daché, our Lilly, was noted for her creations of

snoods, silk flower cocktail hats, turbans and

profile hats!
"Oh Fey,...Howevah Did We Miss The Hat Parade"?
(all caps on that statement)

Hat's remained en vogue into the 1940s

and took on the styles of a

rather military air, in total after that.

From bicorn to tricorn, popcorn (eh, sorry) and peaked hats,

their popularity lived on with the WWII era darlings.

And with the hats, oh mother, there

was the hair!  Quite the important affair...hair!

                                                So what were the styles of the era and age of

attitude and style, during the 1940s, that displayed

just the quintessential touches for a woman?  How vividly elegant

and meticulous were these styles?

Who was tres chic?

Well, DO Remember, much of the era found the world at war and

women such as Rosie The Riveter

hadn't the time to fuss and fluff with their hair for

hours.  (Nor the economic resources either!)

What's more?  Hair was worn much more deliciously

smooth at the crown, allowing women the ease to don delicate headwear on everyday outings.

 Soon enough, style changes... intermingled with brevity, added mounds and piles to the hair!

Overall style? Shoulder length hair was popular! Rolled curls, smooth and controlled

were a popular look in 1940s hairstyles along with twisting for night.

Futher,  while hair was worn in a simple

feminine style that was useful most everyday?  From the dahlings' hair

pulled away from the face and curled... it was STILL IMPORTANT

to balance glamour with neat good looks!

Those truly special events and evenings

at the Copacabana, for example?  The haute monde
nightclubs and hotspots elsewhere of
the elite
partied, jaded, droll and wearied was

reserved for fantastically

elaborate hair styles.

THOSE HOLLYWOOD STARLETS AND ICONS OF YESTERYEAR TOOK THEIR

FAIR SHARE AND TOLL ON WOMEN AND THEIR HAIRSTYLES EVERYWHERE!
That old black magic of the Hollywood red carpet was and is the PLACE to find hair inspiration.

Let's shout-out a recap of some hairstyles?

We have the Chignon.

What's a Chignon, you'll ask?

The word is derived from the French phrase ‘Chignon du cou’.

A chignon was a basic, knotted bun worn low on the neck

and was the epitome of grace in women's hairstyles.

Often times you would see starlets and the gel

next door wearing a chignon covered with a

scarf for the sport, work or the yet ever so, always present glam appeal!

Heart Shaped and Pushed Bangs were huge!

Sideswept Loose Curls ala Veronica Lake?

Veronica Lake was a popular American actress and

pin-up model known for her film noir roles during the 1940s

and not least of all for her sexy come on

peek-a-boo hairstyle of cascading waves.

(An interesting note here:  The 1940s very rarely saw women part their hair in the middle)

Waved Side Rolls

Side Waves

High Waved Pomp

Conservative Waved Pomp

Forward Bangs
Ringlets

Pin Curls

Let's re-wind those two words a minute?  Pin Curls! The pin curls were amongst your

most basic types of curls in the 1940s and so over the years that followed.

 Waves, Waves, Waves and more waves!

Shingles (don't ask)

The Omelette Fold (don't ask again)

The Do Rags (a piece of cloth used to cover chemically treated hair and keep hair in place)

Victory Rolls, a second mother on those! 

 This hairstyle terminology

was adapted from the fighter plane maneuver and a fashion statment which celebrated the victory after

WWII.

Defense Plant Hair Do?  Perhaps the one exception to center parted hair.

Not all beauty was or is ever painless to the feminine gender!

 In the heyday before blow dryers, gidgets and gadgets and a plethora of  clever subterfuges to ease hair styling?

Women (and girls) also used rollers with hair wet and slept the night through to awaken to lovely curling locks!

Well, hasn't this information been a tad enlightening?  Seeing so many

hair styles in one single Blog?  Jolene Bungalow Gal

is sincerely knowing that she's raised your level of intrigue

as to the era and to the styles of some of the most

amazing women in history?

You can find more on these hairstyles by searching WWII

related resources, 1940s hairstyles and glamourous gals

and starlets of the era of the "Greatest Generation"!

Anything for our men, our fellas, our guys on the front lines!

Hubba, Hubba!

Entirely Time To Have A Bit of Girl Time!

It's entirely time to have a bit of Girl Time
1940's Girl Time, that is! 

What were the the hairstyles
and their trends of a "heyday ago"?

Oh, you may be surprised
at naughty and nice!

COMING SOON!

Go on Now?

Pamper Yourselves
until Jolene Bungalow Gal Returns
in her best Carole Lombard
style, Rita Hayworth headress
and
 the full story as only
SHE can tell it?

"No One Need Think War is Pretty" Jolene

Words to Taps

Day is done, gone the sun,

From the hills,from the lake,

From the skies.

All is well,safely rest,

God is nigh.

Go to sleep, peaceful sleep,

May the soldieror sailor,

God keep.

On the land or the deep,

Safe in sleep.

Love, good night, Must thou go,

When the day, And the night

Need thee so?

All is well. Speedeth all

To their rest.

Fades the light; And afar

Goeth day, And the stars

Shineth bright,

Fare thee well; Day has gone,

Night is on.

Thanks and praise, For our days,

'Neath the sun, Neath the stars,

'Neath the sky,

As we go, This we know,

God is nigh

(Note: there are no "official" words to Taps

above are the most popular.)

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

________________________________________________________________________

For Immediate Release May 2, 2000

Memorandum on the White House Program for the National Moment

of Remembrance

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

Subject: White House Program for the National Moment of Remembrance

As Memorial Day approaches, it is time to pause and consider the

true meaning of this holiday. Memorial Day represents one day of

national awareness and reverence, honoring those Americans who died

while defending our Nation and its values. While we should honor these

heroes every day for the profound contribution they have made to

securing our Nation's freedom, we should honor them especially on

Memorial Day.

In this time of unprecedented success and prosperity throughout our

land, I ask that all Americans come together to recognize how fortunate

we are to live in freedom and to observe a universal ``National Moment

of Remembrance'' on each Memorial Day. This memorial observance

represents a simple and unifying way to commemorate our history and

honor the struggle to protect our freedoms.

Accordingly, I hereby direct all executive departments and agencies,

in consultation with the White House Program for the National Moment of

Remembrance (Program), to promote a ``National Moment of Remembrance''

to occur at 3 p.m. (local time) on each Memorial Day.

Recognizing that Memorial Day is a Federal holiday, all executive

departments and agencies, in coordination with the Program and to the

extent possible and permitted by law, shall promote and provide

resources to support a National Moment of Remembrance, including:

Encouraging individual department and agency personnel, and

Americans everywhere, to pause for one minute at 3:00 p.m.

(local time) on Memorial Day, to remember and reflect on the

sacrifices made by so many to provide freedom for all.

Recognizing, in conjunction with Memorial Day, department

and agency personnel whose family members have made the

ultimate sacrifice for this Nation.

Providing such information and assistance as may be

necessary for the Program to carry out its functions.

I have asked the Director of the White House Millennium Council to

issue additional guidance, pursuant to this Memorandum, to the heads of

executive departments and agencies regarding specific activities and

events to commemorate the National Moment of Remembrance.

William J. Clinton

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press

Secretary on May 3.

Celebrate Memorial Day In An Infinite Number Of Respectful Ways. 

Visit cemeteries and place flags or flowers on the graves of our fallen heroes.

Visit  memorials.

Fly the U.S. Flag at half-staff until noon.

Fly the 'POW/MIA Flag'  (Section 1082 of the 1998 Defense Authorization Act).

Participate in a "National Moment of Remembrance": at 3:00 p.m.(local time) to remember and reflect upon the sacrifices made by so many.

Renew a pledge to aid the widows, widowers, and orphans of our fallen dead, and to aid the disabled veterans.

In Flanders Fields

John McCrae, 1915.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

Sent

From the Bottom of this
Red, White And Blue American Heart
and stamped with honor and respect?

You can bet your last dollar on it!

"THANK YOU

YOUR SACRIFICES CAN

NEVER BE REPAID".



Hubba, Hubba
Oh-Dad-E-Oh
Mew.

Artist Laureate of America-Norman Rockwell

"I showed the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed."

—Norman Rockwell

He was as American as Apple Pie and Uncle Sam! 

Who was he? 

He was, Norman Rockwell,

a reknowned and prolific artist, illustrator and historian 

who held the hearts and imaginations of Americans!

Through the genius of his works of art, Norman Rockwell recreated and interpreted  the essence of American life.  Yes, he painted a swathe of America's on-going history manifested from every day life.  Rockwell's messages, through his art, could be heard more clearly and far more loudly than the spoken word.

Norman was born in New York City in 1894,  and it is said that he always wanted to be an artist.  His first artwork commission, four Christmas cards, were painted before his sixteen birthday.   During his teens and quite incredibly, but oh so believably, he found himself employed as art director of Boys’ Life, the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America.  This employ established him in the beginnings of a remarkably successful  freelance career illustrating a plethora of young people’s publications.

Following a family move to New Rochelle, NY, Rockwell joined with the cartoonist Clyde Forsythe and produced work for such magazines as Literary Digest, Country Gentleman and Life.  During 1916,  22-year-old Rockwell painted his first works for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post!  Through, perhaps, his role as Illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post, he found himself elevated to the best-loved of American Artists!  

Over the ensuing 47 years, 321 more covers by Rockwell would appear on The Saturday Evening Post.

Mr. Rockwell was the father of three sons, Jarvis, Thomas and Peter through his second wife, Mary Barstow, a school teacher.  Norman's first marriage in 1916 to Irene O’Connor, had ended in divorce by 1930.

Norman, with his sons and Mary, moved to Arlington, Vermont, in 1939, and his work  took on the nuances of  American life in the small town.

During the 1940s, Norman produced perhaps some of his most famous and beloved works.  From poignant scenes of Americans at war, and at home to joyous reunions, gatherings, family events and so much more.  From humor to everyay life, he depicted and encapsulated America.

President Franklin Roosevelt’s address to Congress in 1943, moved Mr. Rockwell to paint, the Four Freedoms paintings. These paintings were reproduced in consecutive issuances of The Saturday Evening Post alongside essays by contemporary writers. Rockwell’s renderings of the Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear were incredibly popular. His artist renderings went on  tour throughout America in an exhibition jointly sponsored by the Post and the U.S. Treasury Department.  Through this exhibit and through the sale of war bonds?   More than $130 million was raised for the war effort!  Oh, my stars and stripes, gentle readers!

Despite all of this success,1943 proved to be an enormous loss to the Rockwells. Fire ravished and destroyed his Arlington studio alongside near countless paintings and a myriad collection of historical props and costumes.  In 1954 the family again moved, this time to Stockbridge, MA and within six years he suffered the death of his second wife. 1961, found Rockwell married to Molly Punderson, who was  a retired teacher. In the next two years, he concluded his 47-year collaboration with The Saturday Evening Post and began working for Look magazine.  Rockwell continued onward painting his most sincere and pressing concerns and devotion to include American poverty and civil rights. 

In 1973, Rockwell established a trust to preserve his legacy and his works.  He placed his artistic creations into the fine custody of the Old Corner House Stockbridge Historical Society, now known  as Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge.

  In 1977, Rockwell  was honored

with the nation’s highest civilian honor,

 the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 

As life woud have it, a Legend had passed,....gone. 

 November 8, 1978, Norman Rockwell died in his home in Sturbridge, MA.

Norman will be remembered forever through his works.  His very creations are an intrinsic part of all of us!

The world was changed by this Legend, this man

Norman Rockwell.

Mew.

Hubba, Hubba

Sad-Dad-E-Oh

"Honey," she said, "just pick me a lady."

HERE SHE COMES, MISS AMERICA!

While femininity reigns supreme and long legged women sashay across the stage before millions of admirers, the air is abuzz with vibrant energy and zeal surging from both audience and participants!

This cachet of talented and beautiful women parade before our eyes!  They're the epitome of women with a dark and sultry air of seduction to the color and charm of the girl next door.

You'll find these women command the stage, not only as spirited and beautiful, but the picture of candor, and sweetness! They represent some of the best America has to offer!

Alongside the jagged edge of talent and brains they exude relaxation and warmth, sincerity and vulnerability and  are equally at ease with their presence.

They capture our hearts, again  and again as they've done for decades, through their wit, grace, poise, intelligence, beauty, vulnerability and charm...all a strong magnetic appeal for anyone!

Look as far and wide as ye may, anyone would be hard pressed to find a more superbly executed, finished, polished production-so wonderfully staged yet, filled with honest, and truthful moments alongside gleaming smiles and high hopes.

The show, this pageant, is intense, precise and connected of the white hot charms of these talented American women.

Tell you more?  Thank you for asking!

This two day beauty pageant originated on September 8, 1921 in a seaside resort town known as Atlantic City, New Jersey. Atlantic City hoteliers,through what was reportedly an attempt to take advantage of the women's newfound role in society, perfected this idea. What better way to inovate and sway vacationers to extend their Labor Day weekend than a bathing suit contest?!  Hooplah!  Why didn't I think of that?  Atlantic City, with her surf, sun and boardwalk would prove the most perfect location for this event! Why King Neptune himself greeted the beauties who competed!  (Yours truly would give her tap shoes away for that esteemable honor alone!)

Surprise of surprises! This beauty contest bloomed and gained more interest AND recognition through time! Over the next eight decades, it would become a national tradition dedicated to defining the ideal American woman.

HERE SHE COMES, MISS AMERICA!

And indeed they came! Beautiful bevies of womenhood traveled to the Atlantic City resort each year,  sometimes with nothing but a dream and the hope that the Pageant would further their career aspirations! Why, it was an opportunity to cash in on looks and talents for the promising average working woman! These Miss Americas, winning the title, were reported to make $100,000 and more during their reign! Holy Smokes, why that's more than....(I'll look that  up and get back to you, poste haste, gentle readers!)

Still and all, this wasn't the perfect stage for American values and women to be paraded, or so it was said. So many pre-conceived values, from standards such as beauty, money, and a women's freedom and objectification! From patriotism to motherhood and American values, this Pageant was fraught, at times,  with scorn from anxious Americans!

What you say?

This Institution, the Pageant had emerged as one of our country's sources of pride and most popular event! All this in spite of naysayers and critics of stringent religious groups to women's groups and women's rights movements who were aghast and against the display of female form

in public and labeled it beneath respectable behavior?  No!  Finally, the assault and criticism brought  closure to the Pageant event in 1928.

 In considering this closure and ensuing history of the Pageant, now would be a fine time to mention...
"If you look closely, you'll find much by way of

American history since the advent of this pageant and through the decades of it's history" . This Pageant alone, will regale and reveal much about America and it's acceptance of women. Too, it reveals an insight and changing evolving througout American history and the struggles and promises experienced through the decades. You'll see for yourself, an intense

change in American culture, if you choose to look closely! From the Depression, World War II, and the Jazz Age and Rosie The Rivetor,..history doth unfold!

Dahlings? Here Comes Miss America...

Chin Up, Shoulders Back and

flash those pearly whites,  Dahlings.

DO let us ponder the
 All-American Girl's Dream
 and the women who graced
the American Runways in
the 1930s and 1940s!

Prepare yourselves,...gentle readers...

for a bit of  entertainment, information, consternation,

a proffered revelation or two and

perhaps tads and scads of

hyperventilation.

Keep thine eyes on the talent cards, your hand atop your
foolish heart
...and ever ready to
trump your aces
as a bevy of beauties and a Queen of  the Sweet "Hearts"
 bound before your eyes....

Swimsuits Sublime to Chiffon Divine...

Here She Comes, Miss America!

"I'm rather looking forward to sharing".

Hubba, Hubba

and Hoopla

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Hubba, Hubba from Jolene

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And, now we'll return our focus to the Glenn Miller Band!

I'M IN THE MOOD! HOW'S ABOUT YOU?

Born March 1, 1904 in Clarinda, Iowa, his name was Alton Glenn Miller.  Americans knew and may yet remember him as an American jazz musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era.

The tumultuous years from 1939 to 1943 found Glenn Miller to be one of the best-selling recording artists in America!  He nosed-out other great bands of the era!  Miller's signature recordings include the sounds of  Chattanooga Choo Choo, In The Mood,  America Patrol, Tuxedo Junction, Moonlight Serenade, Little Brown Jug and Pennsylvania 6-5000. 

Tragically, stories surrounding his demise reveal, that apparently, whilst traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Miller's plane disappeared in fog and horrid weather somewhere over the English Channel. Glenn Miller's body has never been found.

(March 1, 1904- missing December 15, 1944)

Born to parents, Elmer and Mattie Lou Miller, the family moved from Iowa to Nebraska, then to Missouri, and finally, to Fort Morgan, Colorado. Through each move and with passage of time, Glenn Miller's musical talents took an irresistible step forward.  From his first mandolin to the high school band, Miller sought ways to nourish his musical gifts of remarkable talent.

Upon High School Graduation in 1921, Glenn Miller further pursued his love of music, theory and composition while continuing his College education. From Los Angeles, California to New York City, NY... Glenn could be found working with bands, the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Ray Noble,  as a trombonist and as a musical arranger. In 1928, Miller married Helen Burger married his College sweetheart!

1934 found Miller first recording under his own name, while still working with the Noble orchestra. After an initial, less than successful attempt in 1937 forming a band, the first real engagement with an all new Glenn Miller Orchestra was in 1938, Glen Island Casino!

1939 and 1942 found, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra enjoying the music of amazing popularity and commercial success!  Hoopla!   The Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded 17 Top 10 Hits in 1939!  More successes followed in the years ahead for Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.   Songs such as the classic swing sensations "In the Mood," "Little Brown Jug", "A String of Pearls" and "Moonlight Serenade." Miller's success included movies and a radio series entitled "Moonlight Serenade."   This series could be found airing on CBS three times each week.

Glenn Miller's Orchestra's distinguished popularity could be attributed to the band's exceptional sound, personality and style!  Miller was known to have stated emphatically that "A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality." The combination of saxophone and clarinet was appealing to the listeners and added a resonance and swing! 

In the wake of WWII's beginning, Glenn Miller unselfishly abandoned his civilian musical success to serve his country!  What a guy!  In 1942, he enlisted in the US Army Air Force (AAF Band)  An important note or two...at the great old age of 38, Miller was considered too old to be drafted.  Miller wrote to the then Army Brigadier General Charles Young in attempts to persuade the United States Army to accept him, and YES in his own words, "be placed in charge of a modernized Army band."  

And, well...dreams do come true and Big Band Leaders could influence the Army as well! 

Meaning,...we'll find it not such a surprise that Miller was persuasive in his appeal and the Army Air Force Band was ahem...a huge success too!  Through a maddening pace of over 800 performances, among them 300 personal appearances, and 500 broadcasts, Miller served as the host of  "I Sustain the Wings",...a weekly radio show!  Glenn played trombone with the Rhythmaires, a 15-piece dance band,  and could be found jazzing and swinging (and winging) in service clubs.  Here's a particularly lovely morsel...Glenn Miller  promoted the activities of civil service women aircraft mechanics employed at Maxwell, AFB! And, the recordings of the Glenn Miller AAF band were used as propaganda broadcasts for the Office of War Information. How about that?

Did Jolene say "What A Guy", yet?

The Disappearance that stopped the Music...

As in the beginning of this tome and Blog, or Blong, and where we began,...It is recorded, on December 15, 1944, as Glenn Miller, aged 40,  began embarkation on a tour of Europe, the flight/transport, (a single-engined UC-64 Norseman, USAAF serial 44-70285) on which he was aboard departed from RAF Twinwood Farm in Clapham, Bedfordshire and disappeared while flying over the English Channel.  The plane was never recovered.

Miller's status is missing in action. 

When Glenn Miller went missing, he left behind his wife... Helen, and two children, Steven and Jonnie.

Glenn Miller is remembered today as a great man, musician and for an unwavering patriotic devotion for his country! Aside from the music, he also influenced the evolution and commercial success of swing! 

The Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band's long term legacy has carried on with the Airmen of Note, a band within the United States Air Force Band. This band was created in 1950 from smaller groups within the Bolling Air Force Base in Washington D.C. and continues to play jazz music for the Air Force community and the general public.

Things Are BETTER With The Big Band Swing,...I'm here to say!

Hubba, Hubba to you Glenn Dahling...never before and never again.

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And, now we'll return our focus to the Glenn Miller Band!

Pardon Me...Have I Found My Thrill? Glenn Miller and The Band!

Right into the Heart of America

came these words,...and

mother?

THIS MUSIC!

"And, yes...Bungalow Gal Jolene can indeed say...I've Found My Thrill."

Which coincidentally was on Blueberry Hill, alongside

all of America, too!

There's more coming, right here, with 

Glenn Miller and his band...

soon and VERY soon!

Hubba, Hubba!

Oh-Dad-E-Oh Let's Swing!

"There Will Never Be Another Audie Murphy."

An American Legend

Audie Murphy

Born 20 June 1924. Died 28 May 1971.

Interred in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

Texas born and of Irish ancestry,

he is remembered as one of the best fighting combat soldiers America ever had to offer!

With 33 awards, the Medal of Honor and the highest military award for bravery beyond any call of duty, Audie Murphy, was the most decorated United States combat soldier of World War II.
He received every decoration for valor that the United States had to offer,

including 5 decorations by Belgium and France.

Serving three years of active service as a combat soldier in World War II, Audie was a legend with the 3rd Infantry Division!

His military service began as Army Private, and he rose quickly to enlisted rank of Staff Sergeant.

Given a "battle field" commission as 2nd Lieutenant, he fought valiantly in 9 major campaigns throughout the European Theater during WWII and was wounded three times!

Alas, September 21, 1945, Audie was released from active duty in the Army.

As history would have it...
moving onward to Hollywood, the appealing, darling, boyish faced Audie
began acting with his first starring role in a 1949 released film called
 Bad Boy.
All total, in the 25 years making films,

he starred in 44 feature films. 

His 1949 autobiography, To Hell and Back was a best seller.  And, the biography was released as a film in 1955 with Murphy starring as himself.  The movie, To Hell and Back, held the record as Universal Films'   highest grossing picture until the mid 1970s.

Audie Murphy was a writer of poetry and song.  His songs were recorded and released by such great performers as Dean Martin, Eddy Arnold, Charley Pride and many, many others. Two of his biggest hits were Shutters and Boards and When the Wind Blows in Chicago.

 Somewhere, history resonates with this declaration,

 "There will never be another Audie Murphy."

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May 28, 1971, (Memorial Day Weekend), found  Audie on a business trip as a passenger in a private plane.  Flying through fog and rain, the plane crashed into the side of a mountain near Roanoke, Virginia.
Audie Murphy was killed at the age of 46.

How About That?

Well, this about that from Bungalow Gal Jolene?
"To Hell and Back and to Heaven and Beyond"
Thank you, Audie!

"In The Words Of Women" ...March is National Women's History Month

MARCH IS
NATIONAL WOMEN'S
HISTORY
MONTH

The WWII era selection and quality of quotes offered

below and

for the enlightenenment of our Gentle Readers are,

at times, random

and at other times simply

personal preference...why?

"Because I can."

A WOMAN'S VOICE

“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

"This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our ability and every weapon possible. Women pilots, in this particular case, are a weapon waiting to be used."

Eleanor Roosevelt

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

"I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiousity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

"Please know I am quite aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others."
 Amelia Earhart, in her last letter to her husband, 1937.

"We realized what a spot we were in. We had to deliver the goods, or else there wouldn't ever be another chance for women pilots in any part of the service."
Cornelia Fort

"I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls."
Jacqueline Cochran

"I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it."
Marilyn Monroe

"Dogs never bite me. Just humans."
Marilyn Monroe

"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."
Marilyn Monroe

"I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it."
Marilyn Monroe

"What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course."
Maryilyn Monroe

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous."
Ingrid Bergman

"A charming woman doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself."
Loretta Young

"Old age is no place for sissies."
Bette Davis

“Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.”
Katharine Hepburn

“Enemies are so stimulating.”
Katharine Hepburn

“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.”
Katharine Hepburn

“I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.”
Katharine Hepburn

“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - you can blame anyone but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change, you're the one who has got to change. It's as simple as that, isn't it?”
Katharine Hepburn

“I’ve lived by a man’s code designed to fit a man’s world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman’s first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick.”
Carole Lombard

"Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them."
Marlene Dietrich

"I am at heart a gentleman."
Marlene Dietrich

"I am not a myth."
Marlene Dietrich

"I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men."
Marlene Dietrich

"I have got two reasons for success and I'm standing on both of them."
Betty Grable

"With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world."
Betty Grable

"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead."
Bertrand Russell

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."
Judy Garland

“The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.”
Anais Nin

“How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.”
Anais Nin

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
Anais Nin

“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.”
Anais Nin


"For Whom, anywhere, can actually believe that we are on this earth to behave...in all
good endeavors... ordinarily rather than extraordinarily?"
Jolene Bungalow Gal


"From the magnitude of a specified force
or quality of
history
there arises... the
QUOTE"
Jolene Bungalow Gal

"Go Dahlinks...And Give Them

All You've Got"