Word: noncoms
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Northern Negroes had plenty of chance to observe the historical political practices of the South. Said a Negro noncom: "On D-day there was all kinds of talk about democracy. But two days later white men with guns refused to allow Negroes to vote in the Columbus (Ga.) city primary...
Killed in Action. Staff Sergeant John Aloysius Bushemi, 26, probably the best-known noncom in the Pacific area (one of Yank's finest cameramen), Iowa-born buddy of Sergeant Marion Hargrove (See Here, Private Hargrove); on the Eniwetok beachhead...
...soldier's grey-greens have been a nuisance to him. They are hard to adjust, complicated to lace (especially the left one), have a trick of starting to go adrift at crucial moments. Beyond that, a bumpily laced, hurriedly donned legging will inevitably bring a bark from the noncom, a frigid stare from the nearest officer...
Peacock-proud of another break from the textbooks, bluff Ben Lear hopes to give Ranger training to every young officer and noncom, send him to his new division with plenty to teach. Like every other ranker charged with training, he has watched combat reports, talked to returning soldiers. Chief lesson from these sources is that even crack outfits are jittery, indecisive and prone to suffer high casualties in their first meetings with the enemy. By making home-training courses tougher, noisier and more dangerous, the Army is confident lives can be saved, battles won more quickly...
...chiefs think Joe should go to Officers Candidate School. The War Department's public-relations chief. Major General Alexander Surles, holds that as an officer Joe would cease to represent the average soldier who follows his doings. Probable compromise: the Army and Ham Fisher may make Joe a noncom...