Word: striper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Spike Webb," said a reminiscent Pentagon four-striper last week, "taught you self-reliance. I guess that's the reason we liked him so much. When you were in the ring, you were on your own, and he brought out all the guts you had. He couldn't give us courage, but he could uncover what courage...
...ship's skipper is Paul Ramsey, 48, a trim-mustached four-striper (Annapolis '27), a top-notch Navy flyer in World War II, who is prone to roar "What the Hell!" when things go wrong in combat. The 3,000 officers and men call him "Captain Paul," and he refers to his crew as "Ramsey's Little Lamseys...