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Holiday Spirit. In Fort Benning, Ga., after explaining to authorities that he took a ship from the Canal Zone instead of an airplane, Pfc. Merry Christmas was forgiven for reporting two weeks late.
At Fort Benning, Ga., where the new philosophy of training was being experimentally used on Regular Army recruits, one young soldier tardily said: "The noncoms were polite when they first started off, but they hadda get rough or nothin' would be done. If they didn't act that...
Captain John Eisenhower, whose father had just expressed interest in the Army's chow (TIME, July 21), enrolled in a cooking class at Georgia's Fort Benning. Was that, a reporter wondered, a reflection on the culinary prowess of his bride? "Absolutely not," said John, adding a thoughtful...
That's an Island. But the veteran of rugged North Africa and Normandy campaigns nearly came a cropper while inspecting Fort Benning, Ga. Enthusiastic Master Sergeant Hugh Cook cornered the Marshal with a tale of the battle for Okinawa. Monty, magnificently insular, looked blank. "That's an island...
After basic will come specialized training, with strong emphasis on weapons, radio, radar, other technical aspects of modern warfare. At first the trainee will work with squad or platoon, then with a regimental team, finally in combined maneuvers such as amphibious landings. Maneuvers will be held at large camps like...