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Adenoid_Hynkel

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3. I met Herbert Morrison when I was a kid

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 04:04 AM

May 2012

He's the radio announcer whose "Oh, the humanity!" became famous.

He retired to here in W.Va., and they brought him in to talk about history to my grade school.

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