Word: noncomers
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...Negroes, at first, were delighted. When they took another look, they began screaming "Nazi attitude," "insult," "a definite straddle." The reason was plain as a battleship: new rule or no, Negroes still cannot rise above a noncom, still must train and serve in segregated groups...
...this year's Sophomores who fail the physical examinations for transfer into V-7 or V-5 to withdraw from V-1. From now on, everyone enlisted in V-1 must either pass the comprehensive exams which will make him officer material, or serve in the Navy as a noncom...
...noncom, who was practicing at one of the stations, "at about 7:02 a.m. . . . discovered what he thought was a large flight of planes slightly east of north of Oahu, at a distance of about 130 miles. He reported this fact at 7:20 a.m. to a lieutenant of the Army who was at the central information center. . . . This inexperienced lieutenant . . . assumed that the planes in question were friendly planes, and took no action with respect to them...
...U.C.L.A., they are broken out at 6:15 a.m., spend the rest of the day at everything from close-order drill to digging emplacements. In wrinkled fatigue uniforms, with packs on their backs, they pile through mud and brambles, scrape out fox holes and rifle pits whenever their "noncom" gives the word. To serve as their enemy in mock warfare, the Training Center employs maneuver-wise enlisted men. Students who make mistakes hear about it on the spot, and errors have to be corrected, no matter how long it takes. They are taught how to take care of latrines...
...intersections to direct motorized cavalry and infantrymen in trucks. Governor Payne Ratner was captured at his big white mansion while he was at breakfast. His two sons laughed at the show, but his tiny daughter squalled. Over at the Statehouse the Governor was lined up with other hostages. A noncom grated, "Take off your hats...