I forgot to mention that on my trip to Ohio and in conversation with Maynard (WWII veteren, my Sunday School teacher and relative (his mother and my grandfather Roberts were sister and brother) - whose house I was in a lot when I was young ... a dairy farmer) we talked about his days in the cavalry in 1942. He has told me that he roomed with Dan Dailey (movie star from the early 1950 - ) but he mentioned this time that in his unit was Oleg Cassini ... famous designer and primary designer for Jacqueline Kennedy. It is so strange that a farm boy from Ohio ended up in the cavalry with so many famous Americans. Maynard ended up at Fort Huachuca in Arizona (guarding the Mexican border - some things don't change!) and was in the final review of the cavalry when it disbanded as we entered WWII. He then was in charge of building temporary bridges in Europe during the war. Later returned to the farm and missed only a couple of days milking in the next 25 years.
"In 1942, Mr. Cassini became an American citizen and decided, along with the actor Victor Mature, to join the Coast Guard as an enlisted man, even though he saw himself more as a dashing cavalry officer, having become an expert horse rider in his own right. With the help of his well-connected second wife, Gene Tierney, he extricated himself from the Coast Guard and transferred to the Army cavalry. He soon earned his lieutenant's bars, but was dismayed to learn that the Army was phasing out horses." New York Times
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Oleg Cassini with Grace Kelly in 1954. Mr. Cassini designed clothes for her, and they were briefly engaged. | | |||
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