Word: plodded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These days are trying days for many of the lads as they plod into the highways and byways of the surrounding districts seeking, seeking--ever seeking for an apartment, a room or even a large size closet in which to hang the Coop's hat during our last four months. Some succeed, others...
...Last week many of the mules were still there in the interior of Burma, shuttling supplies around in the battle for Myitkyina. They will probably never bray in Missouri again. When the northern Burma campaign is finished, they will be turned over to the Chinese. Some day they may plod on east over the Burma Road into China...
...comedy hauled out of this unremarkable framework is one part radio, one part vaudeville, one part lunacy. The trail of the safari through the jungle is illustrated with an animated map. The voice of a commentator speaks: "Week after week they plod onward with nothing to guide them but the stars by night and the sun by day. . . . And so our safari is forced to rest-hoping to regain their strength with generous helpings of wart-hog stew." When a group of savages are arguing in their native tongue, very liberal English translations appear at the bottom of the screen...
...seldom had time or inclination at day's end for anything but crawling into bed in the quiet squad rooms (All right, there'll be no skylarkin' in barracks.). First they had learned to march, how to shoot out their feet and straighten their knees, not plod along like civilians. And they had learned that a soldier marches with his head up (Hey, you, eyes off the deck.), is alert in obeying commands (Get going, you Camp Fire Girls.). They had been given a quick splash into military courtesy (Salute, you, this ain't Boys...
...Slavs, the picture shows the German Army's crushing, rhythmic power; patience and proficiency in arms; perfect planning and instant, athletic response to commands. In this picture is the other side of the retreat to Dunkirk; the blasting of Tournai; the whining accuracy of the Stukas (divers); the plod and dash-as occasion required-of German soldiers afoot or on horses drawing cannon, of German soldiers looking like men from horrid Mars in grimy, indestructible machines of all types. Some 23 Army cameramen were killed making the picture...