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Always a model son, Don Juan has been a proper princeling. He dutifully served as a cadet in Britain's Royal Navy, dutifully married a bush-league Bourbon princess, begat two daughters and a son. His only independent act to date was to volunteer for Franco's Army and to be firmly escorted over the border by the General's minions...
...American, single, and if you want to dodge the draft; apply to the Army Air Corps Cadet Training Program...
...Oswald Mosley, but later abandoned him. He yachted in summer and sat with equally well-bred companions in the posh Carlton Club in winter. In the best Tory tradition he represented the cult of the old school tie. When World War II began he was made commander of Officer Cadet Training Unit No. 168. Last week he broke into print in the London Times letter columns...
...gone through the Army's best finishing schools, from the War College down, had seen plenty of service with troops and acquitted himself with the cold efficiency that George Marshall likes. Like Marshall he is no West Pointer but a V. M. I. graduate. The legend of Cadet Marshall, All-Southern tackle, was ten years old when Brother Rat Gerow got his diploma...
...after next March, they will spend 14 weeks at replacement centres now building, to learn something of soldiering before joining seasoned troops. Those who look good on the basis of their G. C. test and show leadership qualities will get a crack at commanding, may attain the status of "cadet" or "temporary sergeant," wear not chevrons but an identifying arm band. Says the War Department: "The arm band will slip off and on with remarkable ease." Those on whom the arm band stays longest may after nine months be admitted to Officers' Training School, may one day substitute securely...