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Show award 6. Robinson It was a summer day in 1945. I was in La Cambe in war-torn France. As a young G.I., I was working with a Graves Registra- tion outfit in our American cemetery there. Onthis quiet day I saw a man with a U.S.O. patch on his shoulder walk slowly into the cemetery. He movedfrom one grave marker to the next, as if looking for a particular grave. His eyes searched the tags of the many men whohadlost their lives in the recent Normandy invasion. Approaching him, I immediately recognized that famous face. When I asked if I yo 3 4 4 sual E : “Burgers brushed with | Brer Rabbit Molasses? Corn-on-the-cob cooked in Reynolds Wrap? Twocrazy ideas that work like crazy. Se seals in all fresh-picked flavor. Here’s all you do: Removeouter layers of husks and silk. Dip corn in the burgers’ natural juices. Here’s all you do: before broiling, brush the burgers cold water. Wrap tightly with doublefeld in Heavy Duty Reynolds Wrap. Cook about 30 ae with Brer Rabbit® Molasses. Put’em on thegrill and in seconds the molasses sweetness is seared away,leaving a ee crisp charcoal crust thatsealsin the juices. And try Brer Rabbit Molasses on your steaks, chicken, spareribs too.Terrific! Brer Rabbit—Green labelor minutes. Turn occasionally.When! done, remove remaining husk. //i, ms, Butter corn and serve onfoil. malig a ® Andline your grill ee with Heavy Duty Reynolds Wrap. » Itspreads the heat evenly. Gold label—they both work yi Reynolds Wrap. Oven-tempered for like crazy! mi flexible strength. aes en visit this place. He said he wanted to see where “so many gallant men areresting.” Wespenta goodlyportionof that afternoon together, just he and I, talking about the war and its heartbreaks. He was warm and ex- tremely concerned about the cemetery and the men buried in it. He was tender andsoft- spoken, notat all as his movies depicted him. After awhile, he got up to leave. As we walked away from the graves, we approached a canvased-off area, and he wanted to know whatit was. I told him I didn’t think he’d like to see it. But he insisted, so I took him behind Thefoil seals in all the corn’s «4 The molasses could be of help, he said he was traveling with a group ofentertainers and felt he just had to the canvas. A bodylay there awaiting identification and burial. The famous man took one look at that bodyandhis face turned pale. Walking quickly away, he stared upat the sky. “So young,” he said softly. “He’s so young he should be homeatthe junior prom. Godbless him!” Tothis day I receive annual greeting cards from Edward G. Robinson. Apparently he still remembers me as the lonely G.I. with whom he spent one afternoon thousands of miles from home in an American cemetery in France. And I rememberhim,notas the tough guy in “Little Caesar,” but as an emotional and very compassionate American. —Tom Dowling, San Mateo,Calif. OTF sks ee 16 Family Weekly, June 27, 1971 |