A single person from Syracuse NY, who owned some grocery stores,
> somehow managed to terrify the film/radio/TV business into firing
> fingered communists.
Oops, you've lost me now. Who's this, then?
McCarthy eventually got censured by the Senate for his antics. He > died soon after.
Two and a half years = 'soon after'? It was more than 5% of his life.
By the way, one web-bio of Sen. McCarthy
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includes the following tidbit:In July, 1942 ... McCarthy took a leave of absence from his [judgeship]
> and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Marines. ... stationed in
> the Pacific, he participated...
> ... In April, 1945, having resigned his military commission, McCarthy
> was re-elected without opposition to the circuit court.
In the spring of 1945, the war in the Pacific was far from over. I'm curious as to how/why he was allowed to 'resign' from the service while millions of other men were committed to 'the duration plus six months'.
Cheers,
Henry