Word: sailorful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Philadelphia Navy Yard a sailor promptly married a WAVE...
...forget Sabu the Elephant Boy, and concentrate on Maria Montez, you won't mind this distorted version of the Arabian Nights. The scenery is in Arizona, not Arabia, Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba are comics, and the story revolves around a dispute between two brothers as to who shall buy Caliph. Whatever liberties Hollywood has taken with the original are more than justified by luscious harem scenes and Maria Montez in technicolor. As a movie it is worth one, but as entertainment at least...
...British sailor at the Canteen was so overjoyed to see mustard that he smeared it on a jelly sandwich...
...When a sailor has been at sea for three months he is eligible for his Able Seaman's rating, after which his basic pay alone amounts to $100 a month. At the completion of the required year of active duty, all men may retire from the service even if the war still continues...
...sailor who sticks with his ship for a total of 16 months, however, may then go ashore to enter the Maritime Commission's officers' training school at New London, Connecticut. Here a three months' course teaches him all the duties of an officer, including navigation, piloting, and handling of men. Finishing the New London course, the candidate undergoes a special examination for his third mate's ticket...