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Genovese was born in January 1911. From Gene Banning's list of 8/31/00: "... prom to capt 4/43."  left to right Al Gingiss, Tony Mercede and Gen (Courtesy of Gen Genovese)  Gen Genovese  left to right Al Gingiss, Spitfire and Tony Mercede Al, Tony and Gen were given babys leopard's after the mother was killed on a hunt. Gingiss' leopard was Margot, Mercede's was Susie-Q and Gen's was Spitfire. Spitfire was the only one to survive into adulthood. Gen says that as an adult, Spitfire would put his paws on his shoulder's and lick his face. Spitfire was later given to a Zoo. (Courtesy of Gen Genovese) Hard to find, but worth the read. Here's what the back of the dust jacket looks like. 
  La Martinique 57 West 57th Street New York 08-19-1943 left to right Tony Mercede, Birdie R (Al's sister), Saul (Short Snorter) Freedman, Doris Greenberg, AJG - Ding How (Hoa) 12 and up, Murray Satin, Mitzi (smuggled tangerenes) Satin, Gen Genovese - Compa! and Sid Zalengold PVT (yardbird) (Photo Courtesy of Tony Mercede's daughter, Marianne Mercede Cowden)    or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore, know. Thanks! |