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... Hillman once had lunch at the airport restaurant in Kansas City , all by it- self a hazardous undertaking , and while Hillman de- scribed the way he had got an exclusive interview with Adolf Hitler , he ate two orders of pig's knuckles ...
... Hillman once had lunch at the airport restaurant in Kansas City , all by it- self a hazardous undertaking , and while Hillman de- scribed the way he had got an exclusive interview with Adolf Hitler , he ate two orders of pig's knuckles ...
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... Hillman . The conversation took place at about the same time as the above during a ride between Independence and Kansas City , as dreary a stretch of road as there is anywhere in the world : Mr. Truman reiterated his disappointment when ...
... Hillman . The conversation took place at about the same time as the above during a ride between Independence and Kansas City , as dreary a stretch of road as there is anywhere in the world : Mr. Truman reiterated his disappointment when ...
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... Hillman had already briefed him and gotten his approval . " Just one thing , ' Mr. Truman warned , ' don't try to make a playactor out of me . ' " Swearing this was the last intention possible , the par- ticipant needed only to flee ...
... Hillman had already briefed him and gotten his approval . " Just one thing , ' Mr. Truman warned , ' don't try to make a playactor out of me . ' " Swearing this was the last intention possible , the par- ticipant needed only to flee ...
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On Battery D | 92 |
Harry Truman Madge Gates Wallace and | 105 |
The Only Defeatand Then Victory | 130 |
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