A morale-booster from Kay's era -- 1945's "O Dry Those Tears"

Kay's appreciation of Caapt. Trimble of the Air Force

Because of her work, both as a service member and as a civilian, at Scott Air Field (later Scott Air Force Base), Kay was aware of the rescue missions organized by Capt. Robert Trimble, who saved the lives of many prisoners of war at the Eastern Front. 

The Stars & Stripes website has a good article about Trimble and his missions, and there are plenty of historic photos to go with it. 

https://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/features/wwii-captain-s-secret-mission-to-save-hundreds-from-soviets-1.339135

Related to Kay's military experience and radio systems

https://ieeetv.ieee.org/mobile/video/richard-thompson-jr-crystal-clear


Author interview with the man who wrote the book Crystal Clear.

Kay and the SOE

Kay had some classified information about secret British operations during the Second World War. She was not allowed to tell anyone what she knew, but I found some stuff on the internet.

This article filled in some of the details for me. 

A book called Code Name: Lise which has more of the personal histories of the people involved. 

Music from Kay's Era: "Gotta Be This or That"

Three Stooges Time!

Kay was included in one scene of a Three Stooges film, but alas, she ended up on the cutting room floor. She maintained a longime friendship with "Curly," and she told an interviewer about watching "Movie Maniacs" at a private screening at Jerome's home.

Watch Three Stooges in "Movie Maniacs"

A name better known in Kay's era than in ours

https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/107811/general-henry-h-arnold/

War Time

https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Features/story/Article/1779177/daylight-saving-time-was-once-known-as-war-time/

Celebrity of Kay's era: Alexander Woollcott

Alexander Woollcott was a household name in the 1930s and 1940s and here, as "The Town Crier," he introduces the trailer for the 1939 film "Goodbye, Mr. Chips."

During Kay's most active years, Greer Garson was one of Hollywood's best-known stars. Garson appeared in the film version of the best-seller Random Harvest. In the thumbnail for the video we see Garson's co-star Ronald Colman.

The trailer begins with accolades about the novel and what a literary success it had been. The book was by James Hilton, author of Lost Horizon  and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. 

People do enjoy the release of new books, but with e-book, a slew of new fiction appears daily. But in Kay's day, people waited outside bookstores for them to open to get the newest bestseller. Stores had plate glass windows and shoppers on the sidewalk would look anxiously to see when something new was going to appear in the window. Only modern instance I can think of us was the buzz over each new book in the Harry Potter series. 

Women's Army Corps battalion got the mail where it needed to go

This article covers a part of history I missed until today. May appreciation be shown now -- better late than never.