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...honor have normally been accorded those women who honestly earned it. "But I cannot think, offhand, of any civilization except ours in which an entire division of living men has been used, during wartime, or at any time, to spell out the word 'mom' on a drill field...
...Nations' friend Jawaharlal Nehru in jail, they lifted the ban on the Khaksars, a storm-trooperish gang which talks like the Axis radio. Possible reason for the ban-lifting: the Khaksars are violently anti-Congress. The British got a promise from the Khaksars that they would no longer drill, carry weapons, wear uniforms or badges, and "in general the activities of the Khaksars are to be of such a nature as not to cause the least anxiety to the authorities anywhere as long as the war lasts...
Being the huge organization that it is, the army fans out into thousands of specialties, so I can't talk on common ground for long. If you land in one of Miami Beach's super "barracks," basking, bathing, and sweating out a daily eight hours of drill, you will have the various ground crew jobs spread before...
This conservatism was not a lack of daring. It was due to smart soldiering and to Lou Kirn's emphasis on drill, drill, drill. Bullet Lou Kirn will be proudest of his men if they go through the war killing Japs with this saying in the back of their heads: "I don't want to be the best pilot, I just want to be the oldest...
...duty," they spend five weeks in preliminary training. Then they are given eight weeks' specialized training as seamen, firemen, water tenders, oilers, messmen, cooks, bakers, clerks and pharmacist's mates. Trainees are taught to handle themselves in a lifeboat, spend a total of 90 hours on lifeboat drill alone...