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...mustaches, but a private after years in the Queen's service ("I was rejuced aftherwards, but, no matther, I was a Corp'ril wanst"). Last week the U.S. Army announced, in effect, that no Mulvaneys were wanted. After their three-year enlistment, regular privates will not be allowed to re-enlist unless they are worthy of promotion to higher grade (i.e., noncommissioned rank) or have specialists' ratings...
...scattered over southwest China from the Burma border to Chungking. These pilots were not just a crew of barnstormers turned warstormers. They had been, until recently, crack U.S. Army Air Corps pilots. To take on this combat job they had been allowed to resign their Air Corps posts, enlist in the Chinese Air Force on the understanding that their U.S. Army seniorities would not be affected. Another somewhat whimsical technical understanding is that they will not "take the offensive" against the Japanese Air Force, but will merely defend the Road...
...last week Seaman Tapscott, a thin-featured blond fellow now weighing more than 170 pounds, was ready once more for action. A few days after he received his pay check for the 70 days he spent in the open boat, he left Nassau for Canada. There he meant to enlist...
...conducting an extensive drive as part of the nation-wide Flying Cadet Week to enlist young men between 20 and 26 years of age for its corps, the Army wants 120,000 cadets a year from whom it hopes to train 30,000 effective pilots. The Navy plans to train 11,000 pilots a year and will need about 30,000 cadets...
Although the meeting is no high pressure gathering to enlist men in the air forces, the Committee suggests government flying service to all men whose draft numbers are within possible call...