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Geronimo! In Port Chester, N.Y., pajama-clad ex-Paratrooper Thomas Thomas bailed out of his second-floor bedroom, landed unhurt on a ledge, explained: "I could swear I heard the sergeant yell 'Jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 11, 1946 | 2/11/1946 | See Source »

Skipper McVay was asleep in his sea cabin 20 feet from the bridge and wearing only his pajama tops when two torpedoes* struck the cruiser's starboard side, forward, and touched off a magazine. He ordered the navigator to send out a distress report, with the ship's position, then ran back to his cabin for his clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND: The Captain Stands Accused | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

Seven Nicaraguans in various stages of disarray (one wore a pajama coat) arrived last week in Panama, fugitives from the wrath of Nicaragua's Dictator-President Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: The Battle of Managua | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

...grey, but millions of Londoners lined the route of the royal procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster. WRENs in uniform perched on the Admiralty roof; pajama-clad residents of Carlton House Terrace clung to chimneys. The cheers swelled in ear-splitting waves. By historic chance, V-J day came on the day the new Labor-dominated Parliament opened. In one burst Britons were hailing victory, the Crown and Socialism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Socialist Era | 8/27/1945 | See Source »

...gentle hillside overlooking the beachhead the soldiers helped the natives. Pup tents and tarpaulins kept off tropical rains until the engineers could build wooden buildings. Field kitchens served good, hot food. Pretty girls, wearing pink, mauve and yellow pajama suits, flirted with the soldiers. All the natives carried the few belongings they had managed to save-cooking utensils, extra clothing, baskets and mats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberation | 8/21/1944 | See Source »

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