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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Julia Child ~ January 12, 2015
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Posted on 01/11/2015 4:59:59 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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~ Hall of Heroes ~ Julia Child Info from this website and this website. |
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Julia Child: 1912-2004 Julia McWilliams Child was born Aug. 19, 1912, and was, she has said, "an adolescent until I was 30." One of her grandfathers left Illinois in 1849 when he was 16 to pan for gold in California. Her mother, tall and lively like Julia, had roots in New England. Julia grew up in Pasadena in a large house with drivers, gardeners, cooks and a kitchen that both she and her mother rarely saw or cared about. She played center for her private-school basketball team and enrolled in Smith College where she lived what she describes as a "butterfly life," driving her friends around in a Ford and graduating in 1934.
To many, Julia Child is the darling grandmother who taught Americans how to appreciate great cooking. Few know, however, that this part of her life came after a high-level stint in the OSS (a CIA precursor) during WWII. Julia Child became interested in military service when she joined the Red Cross after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Before then, Julia was becoming the Paris Hilton of her day -- she would stay out late drinking and socializing and, being from a privileged background, could afford to do so. Joining the Red Cross helped her focus her life on constructive goals. The new lifestyle appealed to her and the Red Cross became her first step toward serving her country.
Julia was eager to do more, but at 6' 2" she was too tall for other military service organizations. Refusing to give up, she a traveled to Washington in 1942 to explore her options. Soon she began working for the Office of Strategic Services. Although she has modestly claimed her duties were only clerical, her performance record suggests otherwise. By 1943 she had been promoted and was working with very sensitive intelligence material. That same year, she was recruited to travel overseas and help manage intelligence activity in WWIIs Pacific theater. Stationed in Kandy, Sri Lanka, she helped the OSS track data on a range of topics including troop movement and espionage. Julia helped coordinate the information necessary to plan the attacks on the Japanese-held islands in the area.
To some degree, Julia was to the service what Q was to James Bond -- although her duties didnt involve undercover work, she helped develop supplies and techniques for spies and clandestine operatives. One of Julias first OSS teams was assigned the task of finding ways a spy stranded on a life raft could get water. One particularly unappealing strategy they experimented with was drinking water squeezed from a fishs body. Unfortunately, the technique turned out to be useless.
Julias other surprising contribution to the OSS was a shark repellant. The United States had underwater mines that were being inadvertently detonated by sharks. The shark-induced explosions had two main downsides: There was one less mine and German U-Boats could chart the minefields location and know where to avoid. The OSS needed a way to keep sharks away from the explosives, so they turned to Julia. She and some coworkers cooked up a shark repellant that was used to coat the explosives. Unlike her fish squeezing technique, Julia's shark repellant seemed to be successful.
After her service in the OSS, Julia married Paul Child, an OSS operative she had worked with while in Sri Lanka. The two moved to Paris in 1948 where Paul Child worked for the U.S. Intelligence Service. Soon, she began attending the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris and developed skill in preparing French cuisine. Julia's cooking interests and abilities grew steadily, and in 1961 she published her first cookbook: 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking.' It was this book and her subsequent television appearances that made Julia Child a household name, but the events were set in motion by her employment in a clandestine intelligence agency. |
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To: Kathy in Alaska
She used it all to her advantage, despite her awkward stature.
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posted on
01/11/2015 9:34:08 PM PST
by
mylife
To: mylife
Julia & Jacques is still the best cooking show ever.
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posted on
01/11/2015 9:39:12 PM PST
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thestob
To: thestob
Love the rapport, they both get it.
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posted on
01/11/2015 9:40:31 PM PST
by
mylife
To: mylife
In 1941, at the onset of World War II, Julia moved to Washington, D.C., where she volunteered as a research assistant for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a newly formed government intelligence agency. In her position, Julia played a key role in the communication of top-secret documents between U.S. government officials and their intelligence officers. She and her colleagues were sent on assignments around the world, holding posts in Washington, D.C., Kumming, China; and Colombo, Sri Lanka. In 1945, while in Sri Lanka, Child began a relationship with fellow OSS employee Paul Child. In September of 1946, following the end of World War II, Julia and Paul returned to America and were married.
In 1948, when Paul was reassigned to the U.S. Information Service at the American Embassy in Paris, the Childs moved to France. While there, Julia developed a penchant for French cuisine and attended the world-famous Cordon Bleu cooking school. Following her six-month trainingwhich included private lessons with master chef Max BugnardJulia banded with fellow Cordon Bleu students Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle to form the cooking school L’Ecole de Trois Gourmandes (The School of the Three Gourmands).
From here....
http://www.biography.com/people/julia-child-9246767#world-war-ii
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posted on
01/11/2015 9:42:09 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
What are they doing, staying out of the line of fire? LOL!
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posted on
01/11/2015 9:48:20 PM PST
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: thestob
Todays MacMasterpiece
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posted on
01/11/2015 9:48:34 PM PST
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mylife
To: Pelham
Welcome to the Canteen, Pelham...thanks for stopping in.
Hope you enjoyed reading about this week’s hero...Julia Child.
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posted on
01/11/2015 9:48:44 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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01/11/2015 9:51:26 PM PST
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mylife
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks. A great read for those of us who saw Julia Child on tv. I knew that she had once worked for the OSS but I didn’t know anything about her background. An interesting comparison with Paris Hilton.
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01/11/2015 10:48:44 PM PST
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Pelham
(WWIII. Islam vs the West)
To: Kathy in Alaska
That pic is too funny. What the heck were they doing down there?
It looks like our kitchen when I’m cooking, only there are cats at my feet instead of people. LOL!
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posted on
01/11/2015 10:52:16 PM PST
by
radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
To: LUV W
LOL! Her voice IS a little annoying. d:o)
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01/11/2015 11:47:59 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: The Mayor
Good morning, Mayor...thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Hope your snow storm was less than predicted.
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posted on
01/12/2015 12:16:44 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
A very pleasant good Monday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.
((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Star. How's it going?
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posted on
01/12/2015 12:44:41 AM PST
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E.G.C.
To: All
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posted on
01/12/2015 12:52:03 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Yehuda
Thanks, Yehuda...((HUGS))
Stay warm and safe.
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posted on
01/12/2015 12:57:13 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: E.G.C.; beachn4fun; Arrowhead1952; ConorMacNessa; MEG33; LUV W; PROCON; SandRat; Mrs.Nooseman; ...
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posted on
01/12/2015 1:36:51 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: All
Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.
Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.
Thanks, unique, for the pastries.
Coffee is always on........
How about a donut?
Cookies?
Veggies?
Sandwich?
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posted on
01/12/2015 1:38:56 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: All
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posted on
01/12/2015 1:43:03 AM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: LUV W
I don’t know, but that’s what it looks like to me. No caption or explanation.
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posted on
01/12/2015 1:46:05 AM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Monday morning coffee bump
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posted on
01/12/2015 2:26:13 AM PST
by
E.G.C.
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