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Heard in the Yard: "Why don't we call the platoon leaders Hep Cats? . . . The latest on the wearing of Gray Uniforms is that there will not be any ready on the market until early Fall when we will be going back into blues. Then they will not be compulsory until 1944. So why worry...

Author: By S. O. Melvin parnell, | Title: Flotsam and Jetsam | 5/14/1943 | See Source »

...winded lads, . . . A phone that is not within two feet of a main entrance of a dorm . . . Some real music to accompany the movies on Tuesday nights instead of the excuse offered for the same that accompanies the Wild Westerns and G-Men films seen so far . . . An automatic "Hep-one-two-three" machine that could be strapped to a section leader's back . . . An Admiral's Tea every Saturday Afternoon about 1400 with Liberty for all who attend . . . A telephone installed in Company Easy's Platoon No. 6 Leader to comply with this request to Regimental Officer...

Author: By S. O. Melvin parnell, | Title: Flotsam and Jetsam of Company D | 5/7/1943 | See Source »

Platoon Leader of No: 8 has inaugurated a new order to relieve the strain of doing two things at the same time by the recruits--that of shifting notebooks while attempting to salute at colors. He just orders. "Change books, Hep!" Everything works out fine in the report...

Author: By S.o M.R. Parnell, | Title: SCUTTLEBUTT | 4/23/1943 | See Source »

Incidentally, if you're really "hep" on this "Sunday on a farm" idea. Commander Collins guarantees a quart of beer to every Midshipman who ploughs a row in his one acre victory farm next Sunday. Line forms to the middle, no crowding. please...

Author: By M. J. Roth, | Title: Straight Dope | 4/2/1943 | See Source »

...nearest police station M.P.s removed the set of threads, leaving the hep-cat only his undershirt and drawers-reportedly regulation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MATERIEL: Uniforms Will Be Worn So | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

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