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...station is under the direct command of energetic Bomber Chief General Ira Eaker. Reveille is sounded at 7 o'clock by Bugler Thomas Pomparelli from New York, who is waked up by a $1.98 alarm clock. Working day is from 8:30 to 5:30, seven days a week, with duties being the "same as at home" except for unmentionable preparations for the future. An hour and a half is taken up with a choice of baseball, tennis, swimming, volley ball, outdoor badminton and even croquet. Dinner is at 7, with few complaints, as Americans are on double British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: YANKS IN ENGLAND | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

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