Word: bushing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...test was a problem in logistics (troop movement), worked out by Major General George S. Patton, corps commander for the exercise. One afternoon the Fourth bivouacked in the Georgia hills, routing out buzzing coveys of quail to hide their machines under bush and scrub growth. Somewhere north of them the Second went into action against a mythical foe. At dawn the Second was moving north and the Fourth was in support...
...Fourth's artillery had moved up first to support the Panzer outfit. Then the Fourth's infantrymen scrambled out from bush and thicket, wheeled out their half-track (part caterpillar) troop carriers and headed for the front. For 25 to 30 miles they slogged along at 25 m.p.h...
...that this trio doesn't keep up its batting average; it's simply that this time they're playing in the bush leagues. The LaCava touch is still evident, and in places it's beautiful to watch. Montgomery plays to perfection the role of a neurotic playboy, which lie should be pretty familiar with by this time. Miss Dunne is as convincing a small-town girl as if she's just fought her way out of a load of hayseed. But when these three are tossed together in a story that's as depressing as it is dull, the result...
PIERSON C. BUSH Denver, Colo...
Under Atfero all the planes were flown by civilian pilots, a choice Hollywood mixture of formula-wise young airline men, resourceful bush-flyers from the Canadian north, tough oldtimers who were veterans of everything from the Spanish Civil War to back-pasture flying services. The attraction was $1.000 a month ($800 for navigators, $500 for radiomen...