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Word: slogger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ways it has added much to a soldier's comfort. It keeps him dry with waterproof clothes, lightens his pack with aluminum utensils and condensed food rations. Napoleon's legionnaires, weighed down by bread and flour, carried packs that weighed 58 lb. The modern U. S. foot-slogger's pack weighs 31 lb. His emergency ration consists of nucleo-casein, malted milk, egg albumen, powdered cane sugar, cocoa butter-proteins, amino-bodies, fat and carbohydrates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Chemistry in Warfare | 6/3/1940 | See Source »

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