Zellmer

Mr. Bijur was hanging out with Kevin Zellmer, head of strategic partnerships at KickApps, a company that helps brands with their social media outreach.

Navigating a Texas-Size Fest Katherine Rosman 2011

Once returned to the United States, Zellmer was disappointed by the dull earth-bound safety for which he had once longed. 80 Removal from combat meant survival, but it was a loss of power, comradeship, and superhuman love.

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

Copilot David Zellmer described this dependence in his memoir.

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

While eager to escape danger, men like David Zellmer felt "hobbled to the ground" when relieved of combat duty.

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

Zellmer could still remember the view from a barnstorming plane at age twelve; afterward, he and his brother spent hours beneath their father's desk pretending to fly in a "cockpit" fabricated from the desk, an overturned chair, and a small rug. 8

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

Cosmopolitan copilot David Zellmer ritually pinned to his flight suit a small jade goddess, a gift from Martha Graham; in his pocket he carried a miniature copy of the Bhagavad-Gita. 53 Other airmen borrowed their charms and rituals from more experienced comrades.

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

To Zellmer this dependence was a threatening loss of identity,71 but other men seem to have found comfort in the womblike interiors of bomber planes.

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

David Zellmer, a dancer with Martha Graham's troupe, enlisted in the Army Air Forces soon after he received notification of his 1A draft status.

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

Ron Louden and Alice Zellmer, Dave and Amanda Louden, Jillian Berman, and Susie and Jud Wilson have also been the best in-laws I could have ever chosen.

Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006

Ron Louden and Alice Zellmer, Dave and Amanda Louden, Jillian Berman, and Susie and Jud Wilson have also been the best in-laws I could have ever chosen.

Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006