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The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace (1944)

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Title:
The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace
Date:
1944
Publisher:
New York : Richard R. Smith
Volume:
The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace
Leaf #:
00013
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 01, 2025
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The Command Is "Forward" (From an address delivered before the New Orleans Rotary Club and broadcast to Baton Rouge, Shreveport and Alexandria, Louisiana; ]ac\son, Mississippi; and Mobile, Alabama, May 2$, 1943.) Seated next to Dan Doherty, former National Commander of the American Legion, at a war bond rally in Boston, I mentioned the name of Captain Francis W. Leahy of Haverhill, Massachusetts. "So you know his story, too," said Commander Doherty. "Yes," I replied, "and all Americans should know and be inspired by it." In 191 8 when the Allies were on the offensive the famous Yankee Division was moving to the battle front. Captain Leahy, commanding an infantry company, was just signalling his men to advance when an enemy shell struck a nearby tree. A huge limb came crashing down and tore off one of his legs near the hip. As his lifeblood spurted away, the dying officer said to his second in command: "Lieutenant, the command is 'Forward.' See the boys through!" Then he died. Today, my fellow Americans, the command is "Forward!" Forward on farm and in factory with the food and munitions of victory ! Forward with the ships, the planes, the tanks and the guns to see the boys through! Forward with theatre collections for the March of Dimes and the