Word: sailor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Miami reporter also visited the USES office. He listened while a discharged sailor applied for a job. The interviewer picked a dozen job cards from his file and said: "Got one driving a dairy truck...
...Army & Navy last week revealed another military secret: body armor-the first to be widely worn by foot soldiers since the Middle Ages-saved the life of many a World War II marine, soldier and sailor. Made of thin sheets of glass fiber cloth impregnated and bonded with resin, the new plastic armor proved tougher, pound for pound, than steel. Though not proof against a direct bullet hit, it was effective against shrapnel, especially useful in amphibious invasions...
...Long Wait. As best they could they kept together, some tied to a long rope like corks on a net. A demented sailor yelled that his mother had just handed him a glass of cold milk. Another pointed to an imaginary island; Seabees, he screamed, were drinking tomato juice, less than two miles away. This caused a weird mass hallucination, and nearly 100 men began swimming for the island...
Madame la Maráchale, 67, was dignified in a straw sailor and a high-necked light tailleur. Short, chunky Madame Laval, 57, wore sari-like slacks and a beige coat. Her hair was swathed in a capacious scarf...
Because it has a waiting list of 30 servicemen, the Canteen has a rigid rule: anybody who misses two lessons is dropped. Last week a sailor who had been absent twice and a soldier who had missed three lessons asked for, and got, reinstatement. Their excuse for being away: they had been to Potsdam...