Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week, he wore mufti; among Washington's worried civilian functionaries he seemed no more confident, no less harried than the rest. After his talk with the Secretary of State, Eisenhower changed quickly into his working clothes-officers' pinks, Eisenhower jacket, and the five-star shoulder circlets of a General of the Army...
...mine whom I've known for 25 years. I've also lost my assault platoon commander. We're just about to go in and get out the rest." Then the colonel had some cheese & crackers and a mug of tea, swung his carbine over his shoulder and marched off to join his riflemen. The counterattack came off successfully, and a few hours later, the British too started their pullback through Seoul and out across the Han to the south...
Some sort of identification--perhaps shoulder patches reading "C & D"--is a necessity for the protection of the college community. Dirty laundry will have to be recognized as a menace to public security...
...music began to play again and Vag and Rita excused themselves. After a few bars, the section man tapped Vag on the shoulder to cut in. Vag was annoyed but he did not want to alienate him so he told him to come back later. But the section man followed Vag as he tried to dance away and kept sharking his shoulder. "Vag, wake up," he said...
...unable to sleep. He thought about his life-insurance policy and how, if he had got killed, the Navy would have had to read all the letters from his girl which he had saved. "A hell of a job for somebody." But then he pulled his blanket over his shoulder and went to sleep. His crash landing is the only war experience Tatum dreams about. The men in white he shot on the road, or the old woman's detached arms and legs, never disturb his sleep...