Word: maintainence
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...action of the Board, Dean Hanford said that "it was felt that it would be very difficult to grant the present petition and deny requests of other groups who might, for one reason or another, desire to be excused from charges for certain meals." Furthermore, in order to maintain board rates "for all, as low as possible" it was decided that a uniform 21-meal rate for all men had to be maintained...
...Patterson, Army Chief of Staff Eisenhower and A.A.F. Boss Spaatz unrolled the figures again. By July 1 this year, the Army will need 1,550,000 men for occupation forces, home defense and replacements. Within a year it will be cut to 1,070,000-a figure it must maintain until the need for occupation is over. Of the total Army strength, the Air Forces want...
...maintain an Army of that size, Patterson insisted, continuation of the draft was an absolute necessity. Demobilization had already drained off most of the old Army. He had promised to release all drafted men as they reached two years' service, beginning June 30. Though the total of volunteers had passed the 600,000 mark, the monthly rate was beginning to fall off. Without the spur of the draft, it would probably drop sharply. The Army could not afford to gamble; it needed the assurance of a constant manpower reservoir...
...professional soldiers among the 22 prisoners were ready to maintain that orders are orders in any army. Keitel sniffed enough support for this theory to observe: "I am sure there are lots of sympathizers to my way of thinking. I am told that the Army & Navy Journal [whose contents he studies] tends to agree with me." Said Grossadmiral Doenitz' lawyer: "My client would have a good chance to be acquitted if the judges were Allied naval officers." The other accused were feverishly working on defense arguments ranging from blaming it all on Hitler to proving that once they were...
...latitude as Duluth, Minn., "but with lots more sunshine." Its fertile soil yielded rich crops (wheat, oats, cabbage, rice, soy beans). Its natural resources were rich and variegated (coal, iron ore, gold, graphite, marble, magnesite). Its woods teemed with fur-bearing animals. "According to scientific surveys," the region could maintain a population of at least four million...