Word: enlisting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...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...
Chariey Spreyer and Henry Vander Eb, Varsity grid share, received notices in yesterday's mail that their applications for the United States Marine Service had been accepted. Under the present peace-time setup, if they do enlist they will be able to return to school next preliminary training period this summer. Then after graduation in June of 1942 they will be subject to a year's service with the Leather-necks...