German Escort: EIGHT SLIDELL GIRLS TO MAKE THEIR DEBUT
Eight young women were introduced to the membership of Slidell Le Cotillion Saturday at a luncheon at Le Petite Chateau Restaurant. The event marked the start of a round of activities for the debs, culminating in a formal presentation ball Jan. 2 at Slidell Municipal Auditorium.Introduced were Heidi Annette Mancuso, daughter of Pat and Joseph Mancuso; Natalie Marissa Nunez, daughter of Carra and Milton E. Nunez; Kathryn Cecile Sessions, daughter of Tune and David Sessions; Rachael Ann...
German Escort: Ghosts flit about Papon trial : And they are far too famous to be ignored
The haunted courtroom is there to stay. Whatever happens to the man in the dock, the ghosts are not ready to disappear. In Bordeaux, Maurice Papon, an official of the Vichy government during the years 1942 to 1944, is charged with crimes against humanity. He has already absented himself from the court on grounds of ill health. It is rumoured his health is such that he might be removed permanently, or his trial might continue its labourious progress into January of next year.But whatever...
German Escort: TRIBUTE TO THOSE `LITTLE FRIENDS'
FIGHTER PILOTS' LIVES COME ACROSS VIVDLY IN TEXT, PHOTOS
Both of these volumes concentrate on and stand as a tribute to the "little friends," the fighter pilots and their aircraft that protected the "big friends," the bombers and their crews, during the air war of World War II, while also carrying out strafing and interdiction missions. Yet they differ in style and format in many significant ways.Philip Kaplan's "Little Friends" is an oversized, lavishly...
German Escort: Setting the record straight on the phony Soviet martyrs
The World War II Diary on your Dec. 29 Culture, etc, page states that, in December 1944, in the western outskirts of Budapest, German troops killed two Soviet emissaries approaching German lines with a surrender demand. As a Hungarian veteran and military historian, I must set the record straight. The infamous Gen. Fjodor Tolbuchin and his pillaging Soviet troops were attacking the western edges of Budapest. After days of heavy bombardment of the defenders' fortifications, there was...
German Escort: Intimate lessons in history
As an American Jew, author Binnie Kirshenbaum knew about the 20th century history of her people. But it was as a traveler in Germany that she came to understand it. She was on a book tour arranged by her German publisher. One night, sitting across the dinner table from her German escort, the middle-age woman announced that she had something to say. Kirshenbaum had become fond of this combination translator, driver, and tour guide during their week together. She was taken aback when the woman...
