Word: servicemen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...worst: the crash of a C124 Globemaster near Tokyo in 1953, killing 129 U.S. servicemen. In 1952, another C124 fell in the state of Washington, killing 87. In 1950, a British commercial Avro Tudor V, carrying Welsh rugby fans home from Dublin, crashed at Cardiff, killing...
Though the VIPs get the headlines, the hospitals really exist for the benefit of their workaday patients: servicemen, who pay nothing, and their dependents, who pay $1.75 a day. Between them, the hospitals care for 32,000 bed patients a year-some flown in from ships of the Navy, Army posts and Air Force bases scattered around the world. Each general hospital is the hub of a great medical center, designed for teaching and research as well as patient-care. Walter Reed and Bethesda are constantly and quietly pioneering along many medical lines...
...case of children who are residents of the Republic of the Philippines, Or were legally adopted by servicemen before July five, nineteen forty-six Consult your Internal Revenue office...
...ready reserve. In five years, the ready (continuously trained and organized) reserve will go up from 800,000 to 2,900,000 and the second-line standby reserve will go up from 220,000 to 2,000,000. In other legislation, pay raises averaging 6.7% were provided for career servicemen (estimated annual cost: $745 million). The Administration's cutback in the Army and Navy, and increase in Air Force manpower, were approved. After a long and angry hassle. Congress authorized $20 million to start construction of the new Air Force Academy...
...hastening its approval of the hot transactions, often acted so expeditiously that the promoters were able to pick up the options with the state's money. The fact that Shivers and Shepperd rarely attended board meetings undoubtedly helped Giles work out his plan. Usually the ex-servicemen had no idea what they were signing. Many thought the papers were some sort of application for a cash bonus...