Word: shavetail
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...territory of west Texas. Here & there along the road the general stopped. Sometimes he smiled and politely asked enlisted men for information, such as the location of regimental or battalion command posts. Occasionally he turned on his parade-ground voice in a blast of censure. A luckless 1st Cavalry shavetail...
Francis (Universal-International) is the name of a talented Army mule (already celebrated in David Stern's 1946 comic novel) who not only talks but makes more sense than the whole chain of command. By confiding Japanese secrets to a bewildered Burma campaign shavetail (Donald O'Connor), Francis throws the enemy for a loss and the U.S. brass into a tizzy...
...Younger Generation 2nd Lieut. John Eisenhower, just out of West Point and expecting a 30-day furlough before reporting to Fort Benning's Infantry School, instead realized the dream of every shavetail: by direct orders of General George C. Marshall, he was given a 30-day assignment on the personal staff of the Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces. The Lieutenant got to England in time to visit the beachhead with his father...
Both went to the University of Texas and planned to be lawyers, but World War I changed that. Barney went straight in as an air cadet; Benny was commissioned an infantry shavetail but switched to aviation in less than a month. Both saw service in the U.S. and France; Benny busted a German balloon eight days before the Armistice in 1918. The brothers liked the service, and became Regular Army officers in July...
...theme here is "Breaks Gotten by College Men In A Ten Million Man Army Where There Isn't Too Much Time To Look Into The Individual Qualifications of The Guy Who Thinks He Ought To Be An Officer Because Well Just Look At That Dumb Shavetail." The Army is chuck full of officers, so forget it if you're thinking of having your Old Man buy you a commission in the Black Watch or the Third Highland Fusileers when you graduate from A-12 or Boy Scout Troop...