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Spoils of War. In Los Angeles, the sheriff arrested a twelve-year-old boy for stealing a Garand rifle, cartridge belt, gas mask, helmet, motorcycle first-aid kit, field bag, a pair of binoculars, four bayo nets and scabbards, several pairs of trousers and several shirts from an Army camp. Said the boy: "I wanted to have some souvenirs to give to my grand children." Tyger, Tyger. In Los Angeles, Leo Winter was fined $500 for misapplication of ration points in spite of his explanation that he and his wife and his cat had eaten 495 Ib. of meat between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 3, 1944 | 4/3/1944 | See Source »

...going to do what countless soldiers have done before me-wait, sitting on my kit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, THE MEDITERRANEAN: Defender of Empire | 2/28/1944 | See Source »

Three balls and two nets (treated for tropical use) are standard in the Army's recreation "A" kit, of which 33,000 have been shipped. Among the kit's 215 other items: 36 decks of cards, dice, a dozen baseballs, Hoyle's Book of Rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No. 1 | 2/21/1944 | See Source »

...made the march in six days on one mess kit of rice. Other Americans made the march in twelve days, without any food whatever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nature of the Enemy | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

...struggle for Tarawa was still nip-&-tuck, two seasoned British Empire servants had come ashore: Lieut. Colonel Vivian Fox-Strangways, India-born, Africa-trained, Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony; and Major Francis G. I. Holland, Director of Education among the 27,000 Gilbertese. In his kit Major Holland carried a British flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Rule, Britannia | 12/13/1943 | See Source »

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