Word: bluejacketed
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Maxwell took his harp and joined an eight-piece dance band, began working out some of the arrangements he needed. Then he joined the Coast Guard and got a chance to play for a while in Lieut. Rudy Vallee's bluejacket orchestra. Since then, he has been what he wants to be: a soloist. Some nightclub managers shudder at the thought of a swing harpist, but Maxwell is making inroads and good money. Income last year...
...Bluejacket Bates is now on active duty aboard the carrier Philippine Sea in Korean waters...
...shaved and dressed at 5:30, and out striding along downtown sidewalks at 5:45. At one point during his jaunt he spotted a naval enlisted man named William Hall, standing on the sidewalk in a heated post-dawn argument with a taxi driver. The President tapped the bluejacket on the shoulder and asked: "Where did you get all those battle stars, sailor?" Hall whirled, goggled, hauled himself to attention and stammered an answer: the Pacific. The taxi driver drove off as though he had just seen the biggest traffic cop in the world...
After listening to the squawks of World War II civilian-sailors for four long years, the Navy authorized the first basic change in the bluejacket's uniform since 1817. It ruled that in 1952 the pants of dress blues will be equipped with full-size pockets for the first time and that the 13 button-drop front (an incongruous symbol of the first 13 colonies, according to tradition) will be replaced by a zippered...
...ball a mile with a flick of the wrist." The Browns, perennially willing to peddle stars for a price, say he is worth a cool $250,000. The Cleveland Indians, who have pennant hopes, naturally have no price tag on Ray (alias Ike) Boone, 25, a former bluejacket who looked good enough last week to take over Player-Manager Lou Boudreau's old spot at shortstop...