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When Congress passed the Selective Service Act over bitter isolationist protests after the fall of France, the Army set out to build up a "protective mobilization force" of 2,800,000. For command, there were about 150,000 officers-14,000 regulars, the rest a grab bag of civilian reserves and National Guardsmen, many over age. It was to give the drafted men a chance to rise from the ranks, rather than to fill great gaps, that War Secretary Stimson and General Marshall set up small Officer Candidate Schools...
...Horrified spectators watched the Commander grab a revolver, drill a hole in a ten-gallon can. He explained: "It's just water, but it's been hanging there nine days labeled 'dynamite' and nobody noticed...
...Battle Lines. While the Senate might override the veto, experts expected the House to sustain the President. Even the greediest farm lobbyist knew that if the farmers took another grab, labor would shove up to the trough for its turn...
...came up I called out, 'Are you hurt?' He came toward me. Then he made a grab for me-right for my throat-and he was mumbling something I couldn't understand, but I knew it was Japanese...
...hard to get a good hold on him. I tried to grab his hair, but it was cut too short. I kept smashing out at him with both fists but it didn't do much good. He knocked me under several times, like he was trying to drown me. Every time I came up I got big gulpfuls...