Word: enlisting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Said no man should be deferred in the draft just because of Federal employment; when a rush of enlistments followed, he ordered that no Federal employe be al lowed to enlist until his case had been fully considered...
...drama critics, it was the big show or nothing. Ever since Pearl Harbor he had been restless and unhappy. He got to the point where he could hardly write of Broadway's make-believe while there was real drama in the theaters of war. When he tried to enlist in the Navy his employers at the New York Times at last saw the light. All right, they said, if you must go somewhere, you might as well...
...Marine Corps tally on Schmid's damage: 200 dead Japs. Said Private Schmid, who had given up a war-plant welder's job to enlist: "My outfit gave a good account of itself...
Students currently enrolled in the ERC may apply to the National Ski association for aid in obtaining assignment to a mountain unit upon completion of Officer's Training School. Men who enlist in mountain units are also eligible for assignment to an Officer's Candidate School on recommendation of local commanding officers...
Herman Shumlin, producer of "The Great Big Doorstep," is slated to join the Army as soon as his new show opens on Broadway. He might as well save wear and tear on the induction center and enlist right now; his show's chances of staying in New York any longer than he will are about as slim as the thread he's based his story...