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WHITTIER -- On a cool Sydney evening in 1942, Dorothea Boyd waited nervously at a party where American soldiers passing through Australia on their way to World War II were due to arrive.
Elected by other girls as the prettiest woman there, Boyd was given the job of standing out front and asking the soldiers to come in and dance.See the full content of this document
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"I was standing there when this gorgeous man walked over,' recalled Boyd, who was 19 at the time. "There was no room at the table, it was so crowded, and my husband-to-be said, 'Do you want to ...
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