November 07, 2010

Brief taxonomy of WW II celebrities who spent the war out-of-country

Traitor:  Ezra Pound
Collaborator:  PG Wodehouse
Straight-Up Hero:  Marlene Dietrich

When asked why she had traveled to war zones to entertain and comfort Allied troops, she famously and simply replied, "aus Anstand." "It was the decent thing to do."

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