Word: activationism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The first cellular growth of the new U.S. Army was complete before Pearl Harbor. More than 1,700,000 men were under arms, had been parceled out to tactical divisions, behind-the-lines outfits, housekeeping commands. Last week the cells were in division; the Army was off on another multiplication...
Thirty-eight days before activation, the C.O. and his staff arrive at the camp where the division is to be trained. There they get acquainted, lay plans. Six days later the other top officers, along with 72 seasoned noncoms from trained regiments, pull in. More noncoms-1,118 corporals and...