Word: ruggedness
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For the U.S. people the appointment of rugged, incisive Lieut. General Dwight David Eisenhower as top commander in North Africa came as a dramatic fillip. Here was proof enough of the dominant potential of the U.S. in World War II: "Ike" Eisenhower might one day lead the invasion into the...
Ever since his return to the U.S. from his near-fatal Pacific mission, lean, tough Captain Eddie Rickenbacker has been making speeches which compared the spirit and fighting of U.S. soldiers in the South Pacific with the work and zeal of U.S. labor in the factories at home. In the...
"Bear in mind, that when this war is over . . . there will be more rugged individualists come back to America from the four corners of this world than we ever had at any time in our history. . . . They do not want and will not accept regimentation of their lives or planned...
Without slur on the patriotism of selectees, the Navy had long contended that for itself and its sister service the run of the draft would not do. The physical standard for sailors and marines would have to be well above Army standards, because the services afloat often send men far...
Editor Purdy's first Victory, printed mainly to induce Congress to appropriate enough money to finance it, was a handsome 80-page job printed on heavy slick paper. After excellent air views of New York City and Boulder Dam, a fine shot of a tree-shaded, U.S. residential street...