Word: noncombatant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...missiles to destroy a million-dollar bomber, hadn't we better reassess the latter's real strategic value? . . . Control of the air will shortly pass from piloted aircraft to antiaircraft guided missiles [and then] the piloted aircraft will cease to have tactical significance except for noncombat employment...
World War II: Was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Shackled to noncombat jobs until 1943, when he got a fine sea billet as captain of the new battleship Indiana in the Pacific. Proved himself a shrewd and relaxed combat officer. Once, when warned by the captain of the ancient Tennessee ("Old Blisterbutt") about making too much smoke, he coolly signaled back: "Smoke unavoidable. Forced to cut out the boilers and burn garbage to slow down to your speed." In 1944, promoted to rear admiral and assigned to MacArthur's theater; led an amphibian group safely through...
...more U.S. casualties in Korea, bringing the announced total for eight months of the war to 50,675. In one respect, however, the total figures are deceptively high. The Pentagon estimated last week that 60% of all those listed as wounded in action (and 80% of all noncombat casualties) are eventually returned to active duty. The latest breakdown...
Under the association's program, there would be no exemptions. The physically unfit could be given useful jobs in noncombat branches of the armed forces. After two years' service, every man should be assigned automatically to a reserve unit. To get started immediately, the association urged a ten-year extension of the Selective Service...
...hand. The Seventh Day Adventists, so-called because they celebrated the Jewish Sabbath (Saturday), set no date for the second coming, and they avoided a set creed. But Adventists adhere to a strict code: no unnecessary work on the Sabbath, no bearing arms (though they will serve in noncombat branches in wartime), and plenty of fervent evangelizing...