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Word: ordnanceman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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With him was Radioman Gene Aldrich, 22, a husky, gabby, self-confident Missouri farm boy, and Ordnanceman Tony Pastula, shy, dreamy, sandy-haired son of Polish immigrants. After CCC camps in the West, they had both joined the Navy to see the world. But with 41-year-old Dixon, whose first hitch began in 1919, the Navy was a business. He took charge as soon as his beloved bomber sank from sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: AT SEA: They Shot an Albatross | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

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