Word: noncombatant
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Combat strength of the A.A.F. is a military secret, carefully kept by A.A.F.'s commander. But some idea of its power can be drawn from Arnold's report of the operations of noncombat branches...
...Fleet has 613 warships, as against 383 three years ago, this after losses of 58 warships and transfers (to other nations or noncombat use) of 129 warships. Present warship tonnage (2,217,982 displacement tons) exceeds tonnage of 1940 fighting ships...
...Army's first Distinguished Service Medal in the European Theater of Operations last week went to gruff and crusty Brigadier General Robert McGowan Littlejohn, ETO's chief quartermaster. Said the citation for the highest noncombat award: "marked aggressiveness . . . which met and solved many unexpected and seemingly unsurmountable problems of supply [including those of] the African Task Force...
...hustle my full field pack 35 miles in eight hours, the toughest trial our infantry soldiers have to stand in training. I have a college degree and plenty of experience in bossing jobs, yet I am and will continue to be a private on noncombat duty. There are plenty of others in the same boat (six in this company...
Hiking Party. Finally the objectives were overrun. The sweating Rangers reformed; the day's work was not over. It is never over. Toughest of all are the noncombat exercises sometimes sprung on the men when they have just finished exercises under fire. And toughest of those is the "speed march...