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...facts about gripe No. 1: We have spent 24 months overseas. ... In that time we have been no closer to civilization than Guadalcanal. Understand, we are not complaining; we are just trying to show G.I. Joe that he isn't having too tough a time by a damn sight. We entertain no dreams of prolonged Stateside duty when & if we do return...
...Gripe No. 2: We are aware of the fact that when the war in Europe is over, part of the Army will be demobilized. Soldiers in the South Pacific came to arms at this announcement; however, all Naval personnel will stay out here until the war with Japan is ended. We feel that too many soldiers are making a rush for that demobilization boat. . . . We, too, would like to get the hell out of the service and back to the homes which we love, but faced with nude "reality we believe that we have the intestinal fortitude to forget...
...have a gripe. Its crux is the problem of returning servicemen...
Jessie Pearl Rice, 42, Georgia schoolteacher, wanted to be a sergeant, instead serves as executive assistant to Colonel Hobby. To solid, jolly but no-nonsense Colonel Rice come male majors, colonels, generals with gripes about the WACs. Her own gripe is that she is stuck in Washington, seldom gets a chance to travel...
...this huge and hugely complicated bomber, Boeing did away with a frequent source of pilot's gripe-an overladen instrument panel. The pilot and copilot have before them only the instruments necessary for taking off, flying and landing. The crew of eleven includes a flight engineer who has a big instrument panel of his own, and whose job is to keep track of engine performance. Since long-range flights mean long, fatiguing hours in the air, the ship carries chairs cushioned with sponge rubber and bunks in which unoccupied crew members may rest. The cabin is sound-insulated...