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Griffiths has stepped into the role with aplomb it's almost typecasting to have her play a damaged, fragile soul like Booke.

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Although informed that hazards had decreased since the spring of 1943 when the twenty-five-mission tour was instituted, Booke insisted that aerial combat had become no less dangerous.

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

"Maybe the darn things are just inanimate objects," pilot Kenneth Booke wrote of B-17s in general and of his own Reddy Teddy II in particular, "but it is hard to believe when you fly them in this racket."

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

Booke, nevertheless, confided to his diary that he "would rather fly her than any of the new ones."

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

A veteran of twenty-eight combat missions with two more to go, Booke was very aware of the dangers he had yet to face, but he believed that with proper care Reddy Teddy II would carry him through his tour of duty. 67

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

Like many others, Booke believed that he had completed his tour of duty after flying twenty-five combat missions, the extra five were "free gratis for old Doolittle" (James Doolittle, commander of the Eight Air Force).

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

Such a policy provoked this complaint from pilot Kenneth E. Booke: One new development that has us all highly peeved, is the fact that they have raised our missions from 25 to 30.

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

I love Butch, Chuch and Eva and I hope we get to meet Booke.

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Booke, at the time, liberals were seen as reactionary neanderthals, every progressive thinking person knew the planned economy was at the future's corner.

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