Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mahoney, Chemical Warfare Officer, First Service Command, and Capt. Harry Levine, Chemical Warfare Officer, Boston Harbor Defense, were in charge of the first demonstration. With Chemical Warfare as the subject, a complete presentation was given including gas mask drill, gas chamber exercise, identification of gases, chemical land mines, decontamination, smoke, and incendiaries...
...with calls, and in which hospital staffs and volunteer workers of all kinds toiled in the humid heat which oppressed the city, Hartford knew how badly it had been hurt. In the worst circus disaster in U.S. history, 128 bodies lay on army cots, neatly set out on the drill floor of the grey, stone State Guard Armory, and others were arriving. More than half the bodies there, and more than half the swathed, drugged forms in the crowded hospitals were children. Almost all the rest were women. Hartford's men, who had been at work during the matinee...
...through the day. Time after time, mothers, fathers and husbands, with ammonia-soaked gauze held to their faces, saw the figures they sought, but could not recognize them. Doctors, dentists and even jewelers, were called to check fillings, scars, rings and watches. Volunteer workers on the armory's drill floor asked patiently, "Was there a wide space between his front teeth? Did he have any identifying scars? Did she have gold fillings...
...prostrate on the deep red carpet of the palace. The King watched her with his "hard shrewd bird's eyes." He marched up & down in front of her, placing one foot, encased in a golden, gem-encrusted slipper, directly before the other, as if performing some intricate drill. Suddenly he shouted: "How old shall you be?" Anna was so angry she replied: "One hundred and fifty years old, Sire." The King coughed, laughed, coughed, said, "In what year were you borned?" When Anna said, "1712," the King asked, "How many years shall you be married?" When Anna replied, "Several...
Bill "Dutch Boy" Jones isn't getting much cooperation in his maneuvering as a right guide. Several times lately he's been out in the middle of the drill field before he discovered that his squad was following a straight line, rather than him. The other members of the squad claim that it's easier to see the line than it is to see Jones...