Word: serviceman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...commission's work spread to such influential British newspapers as the Daily Telegraph and the Manchester Guardian. In a House of Commons press conference a fortnight ago, two honorably discharged British soldiers, formerly wardens in a Nicosia detention camp, told of brutal beatings of prisoners. Said ex-Serviceman David Toon: "We felt it our duty to speak. We feel that people in this country, and government officials here, have no knowledge of the harsh treatment meted...
...private business, where many firms no longer try to maintain such equipment as trucks or electronic machines, but rent the equipment, let outsiders maintain it. And though private wages are higher than service pay, the difference is not so great, considering the cost of training and supporting a serviceman for several years...
Including his free medical care, food, clothing, tax-free allowances, etc., today's serviceman, far from being inflicted with economic hardship, actually has a higher income (about $4,000) than his civilian contemporary (about $3,700), the commission reported. When he returns to civilian life, instead of putting him at a disadvantage, his training gives him an advantage. World War II veterans, for example, are making more money ($3,978 in the 25-34 age category, which includes two-thirds of them) on the outside, are better educated and own at least as many homes as their nonveteran counterparts...
...become veterans since the act became effective. That number is bound to grow from year to year; there are now more than 3,000,000 men and women in uniform. These figures point up what would be the enormous scope of a holding that Congress could subject every ex-serviceman and woman in the land to trial by court-martial...
...concluded: "War has been defined as a contest of wills. A trained hand holds the weapon. But the will, the character, the spirit of the individual-these control the hand. More than ever, in the war for the minds of men, moral character, will, spirit are important. As a serviceman thinketh...