tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889963722674899878.post1192048095769426996..comments2023-07-04T10:09:25.824-07:00Comments on The World War II Letters of William Wellington Taylor, Jr.: Letter 65- January 23, 1944Greg Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409962933357676885noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889963722674899878.post-38643658957850173512009-06-01T16:02:04.058-07:002009-06-01T16:02:04.058-07:00I too was stymied by Bill's "boogie" remark,but Da...I too was stymied by Bill's "boogie" remark,but David, I think you have hit upon it. Knowing Bill, I believe, particularly at this stage of his development, he would have considered boogie woogie to be "low brow". As you said he would be more likely to be found at the Camp Abbot library reading Kipling or studying the history of the Norman Conquest than to be cruising the service clubs of Bend looking for Victory Girls. I think that as he matured, Bill developed a more flexible attitude about many things, but he did remain a political conservative throughout his lifetime.Greg Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409962933357676885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889963722674899878.post-76672675372057482792009-06-01T12:30:02.428-07:002009-06-01T12:30:02.428-07:00The only thing I can imagine is that Bill is refer...The only thing I can imagine is that Bill is referring to modern music - boogey woogie. We have seen that he comes from conservative roots. Perhaps he has not engaged popular culture the way we are led to believe that all GIs did. GIs reading in the library are not as cinemagenic as those frollicking on the dancefloor with Victory Girls.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885277626153324891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889963722674899878.post-67206895060578690472009-06-01T09:17:09.974-07:002009-06-01T09:17:09.974-07:00What is the meaning of "sending boogie overseas"??...What is the meaning of "sending boogie overseas"??Ward Clarke Griffinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010828665483669226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889963722674899878.post-54686046360472711172009-05-31T20:08:26.829-07:002009-05-31T20:08:26.829-07:00Catching the Germans flat footed below Rome refers...Catching the Germans flat footed below Rome refers to the landings at Anzio. The allies were very nearly driven back into the sea and the operation did not achieve what the planners had hoped.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885277626153324891noreply@blogger.com