Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...temporary camp with foxholes and packed their gear and supplies into...
...Items. More than a million officers and men wear the distinctive insignia of the A.S.C.: a gear wheel surmounted by a propeller, supported by wings. More than 300,000 civilians also labor in the A.S.C., which handles over 500,000 different items, from a jackknife...
Nothing could be more disconcerting to our study habits than to watch the seniors packing their gear, preparatory to their happy exit. It wouldn't be so hard to take if they wouldn't whistle and sing while packing; they seem to forget that we are sensitive human beings and must stick around for another two months. However, they've been damn swell to us and we wish them the best of luck...
Room inspections have begun and will continue. The standards are seemingly attainable and reasonable. A degree of orderliness is required. Since maid service is provided for the ordinary routine, officers will be mainly responsible only for the administrative details of keeping desks, dressers, and personal gear shipshape. Similarly with personal inspections. Laundry complications will be considered. In short, look human...
...moment he halted, got to his knees and divested himself of gear that he had been carrying on his back. Then he rushed forward and with a violent motion threw a potato masher grenade into the trench. As the officer rushed away smoke rose from the trench. Then bits of dust began kicking up around the officer from a machine gun on the far flank of the trench which the officer had not been able to see. We watched him crawl back, put on his gear again and then collect his three...