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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...
...going to do what countless soldiers have done before me-wait, sitting on my kit...
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...
...made the march in six days on one mess kit of rice. Other Americans made the march in twelve days, without any food whatever...
...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...