1945

The Greatest Generation is the title of Tom Brokaw's new book. Its message is that we are the greatest. In fact, the heading for the review in The NewYork Times was "The Class of 1945." And, sure enough, D '45 is represented by Brokaw's inclusion of "my friend Jack Hemingway." He notes Jack's involvement in the OSS, and especially his parachuting into France behind enemy lines with a flyrod—which he used "in some lovely French streams before he was taken prisoner by the Germans." Brokaw recalls Jack's own splendid book account of his "misadventures. " In the Brokaw book, Jack is in the company of Art Buchwald, Ben Bradlee, Andy Rooney, George Bush, and so many others.

Right here I find a note from BullHinrnan that he wants to visit New Zealand in Y2K for some of their fabulous trout fishing. He is looking for recommendations of classmates. Maybe Jack has a lead on kiwi streams, as well as Europe's, to offer Bull.

Moe Frye reports the retirement of his partner Bud Street from the Boston real estate firm of Street & Co. The firm was founded by Bud's grandfather in 1920. Bud joined in 1947, right out of Dartmouth, Moe in 1949 after graduating from Harvard Law School. Moe continues with the company which, says The Beacon Hill Paper, "is highly regarded and has always taken a conservative approach towards both buyers and sellers." Just what we'd expect from both Bud and Moe.

Tim Lewis has sold his mechanical contracting business after 50 years and is happily retired. He and Jean enjoy their winter retreat in Venice, Fla., and summer resort in Belgrade Lakes, Maine. They look forward to contacting '45s in the Venice-Naples area. Frank Aldrich reports that the sale of his Haitian bank divorces him from commercial banking but a Curagao trust operation continues to take him to the Argentine, Uruguay, and Mexico.

John McCauley forwarded a colorful program for the first annual Captain JohnB. Campbell II USMC Memorial Golf Tournament, held last summer in Paoli, Pa. Perhaps the class's classiest golfer, with memberships in 11 clubs in the United States and abroad, John Campbell died early last year. The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, sponsor of the tourney, honors him for his "innumerable philanthropies...great love of the Marine Corps, and service as its president and chairman for 40 years." The foundation awards over a million dollars annually to assist the education of Marines' sons and daughters.

So back to Brokaw, whose concluding affirmation says: "They will have their World War II memorial and their place in the ledgers of history, but no block of marble or elaborate edifice can equal their lives of sacrifice and achievement, duty and honor, as monuments to their time."

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