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...brilliant red tunic. I termed my group the Red soldiers. Harry was a soldier in what I called the Rainbow Division, evidently founded by the color-loving Joseph during his stay with the Pharaohs. His tunic was a thing of radiant beauty if viewed from after, and his helmet shimmered in the African glare of the kleig lights. Bung was a nobody, a gray sort of individual with no color at all in his makeup. We sneered at him as a useless character, but he was to get his revenge...
...More than one soldier, hearing bombs landing near by and not hurting him, or having a bullet nick in his helmet, admitted that he never believed in God before. Chaplains and others all agree that more people believe in God since the war has begun. The sight of a soldier sitting by a machine gun reading a Bible is not uncommon in Bataan or Corregidor. Soldiers and sailors pen brief notes to the chaplains asking for New Testaments, and several of the chaplains have passed out over 2,000 copies since...
Experience under raids taught London wardens to place the strap of the helmet behind the head rather than under the chin, Mrs. DeRoth said. "That way, the blast of a bomb isn't as likely to break your neck...
...Helmet Strap Dangerous...
...audience composed of students of Harvard and Radcliffe and Faculty and staff members and their families, were introduced to "What An Air Raid Warden Is Supposed to Do" by Mrs. DeRoth, a former warden of Chelsea, in London. Mrs. DeRoth were the uniform of Chelsea wardens including the steel helmet and gas mask. Remarking on the idealized conceptions of proper equipment for wardens, she said, "We used to hope the war would be over before we got all our equipment...