Word: enlisting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chaplain School at Ft. Ben Harrison, Ind., as a student. At the completion of the course Chaplain Keller was sent to the 85th Division at Camp Shelby. In a very short time his influence was felt through the Division establishing himself, beyond a doubt in the hearts on the enlist- ed men as "the men's chaplain." This very successful field of work was cut short, all too soon, for Chaplain Keller by orders to report to the Chaplain School as Instructor. His work here has been so satisfactory that he was recommended for promotion and last month received...
...Twenty-eight-year-old Red Cross Field Director Thomas S. Montgomery could hardly miss being nicknamed "Tiny"-he stands 6 ft. 8 ½ in., weighs a whopping 275 Ib. Too oversized to enlist, he squeezed his bulk into a Red Cross uniform, soon became noted on Guadalcanal for his frontline chant: "Chewing gum, candy, popcorn, soda pop. What'll you have, boys?" Wandering about the jungle alone, Montgomery recently met a group of marines. Said he: "Aren't we pretty close to the front lines now, fellows?" Said a marine: "Front lines, hell. They're half...
...volunteers of their financial burden, a unique fund-raising campaign was launched last week. Brain child of Patent Broker James M. Austin, who has donated some $10,000 to war charities in the name of his famed fox terrier, Ch. Nornay Saddler, the War Dog Fund hopes to enlist as many of the nation's 20,000,000 dogs as possible into an honorary K-9 Home Guard. For $1, a contributor's dog receives the rank of private or seaman, and so on upwards. Some Park Avenue generals or admirals...
...FRANCISCO--"Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio, slugging New York Yankee outfielder, received permission from his draft board today to enlist in the Army and will be inducted tomorrow...
...same time as the engineering course plans were released, a new Marine retraining program was announced by Dr. Perkins. Open to 17-year olds in the last year of high school, the men will enlist in the Marines, go to any college of their choice, and receive there from four to six terms. After this period they will be assigned to active duty and go into Officers Training School...