Word: enlisting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...points out that U.M.S. would mean that many men--doctors, trained technicians, for examples--would have to serve twice, once before and once after education. Otherwise, the Army would have no one to fill important advanced posts except the few who would re-enlist voluntarily...
...college. Men from civilian life will be released from the service if they fail to pass the O.C.S. course (but then become draft-eligible in most cases). Men eligible for the draft may qualify for this program. O.C.S. is a six-month program at Lackland, Texas, and those who enlist must agree to remain on active duty for three years after receiving commissions...
...songs (e.g., I've Got the World on a String, It's Been a Long, Long Time, Taking a Chance on Love), enlist June Haver and Gloria De Haven, who perform proficiently as a sister team, and radio's Tenor-Comic Dennis Day, whose shrewd timing as an arrested adolescent makes him the movie's most valuable player. In the role of Day's publishing partner, William Lundigan labors unrewardingly with most of the plot chores...
...comic book was made available to all commanding officers of college R.O.T.C. units, to be mailed, together with other material, to incoming members of the freshman class. The book stresses that those who fail to enlist during their first college year are no longer eligible for the program--and the attractive benefits illustrated therein...
...world lasts long enough for me to have a son who, during a future war, says, "Dad, I'm going to enlist; my country needs me," I'll tell him: "Don't be a jerk, son; patriotism is for fools. Wait for the draft...