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...cake of soap, weighs less than half a pound, will treat enough salt water to make two quarts of drinkable water - enough to last a careful man a week. The chemicals (secret) are simply mixed with sea water in any available container - a bucket, a boot or a helmet. When the muddy material settles, the clear liquid is treated with a second chemical swished around in a cloth like a tea bag, poured off, drunk...
Wounded by mortar fire in Tunisia and saved from death by his steel helmet (TIME, May 3), tough little Lieut. General Lesley J. McNair, chief of Army Ground Forces, was quickly on his feet again. He was the 28th U.S. general officer to become a casualty in operations against the enemy...
...stood on a hill watching troops move forward, a shell exploded close by. A four-inch fragment tore across his left shoulder and smashed the tip of his collar bone. A splinter about an inch and a half long pierced his helmet and came to rest against the base of his skull. The General walked to a jeep, rode three hours to a hospital, was operated on, said: "I'll be back there soon. I'm looking for my clothes now. The shoulder doesn't hurt any. After another good night's sleep...
...pilot possibly can, he is advised to make a controlled crash landing instead of bailing out, not primarily to save the plane but to help save his skin. The plane will help guide searching parties, provide shelter, fuel for warmth and smoke signals, materials to make sun helmets and knives. Other handy equipment in planes: a parachute for a tent, a converted seat cushion for a sun helmet, a parachute pack as a knapsack...
Some of George Patton's antics caused stiff eyebrows to twitch at headquarters. His profanity became legendary. With his flair for the spectacular, he designed, had tailored and posed in a special tank uniform : green with white buttons and black stripes. His own helmet was golden with two silver stars. (The Army declined to accept it as regulation.) With his flair for vivid phraseology, he wrote some war poetry (unpublished). With a tidy, inherited fortune he indulged his love for horses, polo, sailing boats and games...