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While the Red Cross is whipping up its blood donors, the armed forces have started collecting blood from servicemen. Last week Admiral William Fechteler sent a crackling "Well done" to the aircraft carrier Boxer, whose sailors and flyers gave 2,377 pints of blood in the midst of combat operations off Korea. U.S. civilians rated no such "Well done"; it was mainly because of servicemen's donations that the week's total topped 49,000 pints, and this was still far short of the goal: 75,000 pints a week until July...
...well remember your case," answered Senator Young, "as you always write such nice letters." Once again he went to work for Mrs. Fischer. The Army said that Mrs. Fischer would have to wait her turn along with other dependents of servicemen. Senator Young sent a long and persuasive letter to Assistant Defense Secretary Anna M. Rosenberg. The letter did the trick...
Under public law . . . servicemen are authorized to bring their Japanese wives home . . . Many have availed themselves of this act ... [but] if a Japanese wife's husband dies in Korea (where many of us have had to fight) she is no longer eligible for entry into the U.S.; our children are only eligible for entry "based on the facts in each case"; she can no longer use military occupation currency (dollars); she can no longer buy groceries at the commissary and items at the PX; she is not eligible for medical care . . . They are generous enough, however, to allow...
...Whale or a Hoax? During World War II, the monster became a military secret. It was reportedly seen by many servicemen, but the region around Loch Ness was a Commando training ground, and to quote the soldiers would have betrayed the secret of their station. Both German and Italian airmen claimed to have killed the monster, but this, said the BBC, was quite untrue. Right after the war, the witnesses testified, the monster reappeared undamaged...
...incoming class will contain a large number of foreign students and approximately 60 men sent by the Armed Services to receive business management training. Most of these servicemen are being given this training at the Government's expense before they are placed on active duty...