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ARMY & NAVY

The U.S., home of the bathtub and the small family, has raised some military families large enough to make both Fuehrer and Duce jealous--and without offering bonuses or subsidies or leather medals either. Examples:

>>New Orleans Restaurant Chef Harley J. Dewey, 52, nephew of Admiral George Dewey of Manila Bay fame, had four sons in the Army, one in the Navy, a daughter in the Army Nurse Corps. When Father Dewey learned that his eldest had been killed in the Philippines, he joined the Army, too.

>> Frank Maresca, 79, of Jersey City had 13 sons. The eldest was killed in the Argonne and the youngest was named after his dead brother. This year the Maresca boys, who always lead the annual Holy Name parade, twelve abreast, will be reduced to six abreast. The other six have gone to war. Of the half-dozen still helping their father in the grocery store, two World War I veterans are too old for the Army, two have families, two are trying to enlist.

>> Six of the seven Linkous brothers of Coeburn, Va. are in the Army, scattered from the East Coast to Hawaii. Length of service ranges from six to 20 years.

>> Mrs. Clara Boyer of Bellevue, Mich. has four sons in the Navy, three in the Army, two others, ages 14 and 15, raring to go.

>> William Curry of Lexington, Mo. was killed at Pearl Harbor. His brother Robert, 22, was a Marine at Wake Island. Three other Currys are in the Navy. Sister Laura Belle is an Army nurse.

If the U.S. gave prizes for a family's war service, the Pattens of Ridgefield Wash. would also rate one. Father Floyd Patten and eight sons are all enlisted men in the Navy. Six of them were on the Lexington when she sank in the Coral Sea. Sons Allen, Marvin and Ray found each other on the sinking ship, went over the side together. So did Sons Clarence, Bruce and Gilbert.

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