Word: tented
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...visit was an eloquent demonstration of a fact which the War Manpower Commission is just now learning the hard way: men & women do not respond according to the slide rule. The Duke saw pleasant surroundings: red frame houses, a neat canvas mess tent, a medical clinic, shower baths, even a jukebox. ("What's that?" demanded Windsor, "a stove...
...German staff officer, wearing the Iron Cross around his neck, stepped to the tent of a U.S. general at 9:50 a.m. on Sunday, May 9, 1943 near Bizerte and said: "What are your terms for surrender...
...cloud-hung volcanic wastes that are the Aleutians, U.S. forces live as they never dreamed men could-like moles in quarters buried in the ground except for metal or tent roofs. "Not nice," they say, "but safe...
...Planes. The Army's standard equipment is the mobile X-ray unit, of which the Medical Corps has more than 3,000 (cost: $2,380 each). The outfit, consisting of an X-ray machine, a generator, a tent darkroom and a table for patients, is carried in three Army trunks and takes six minutes to assemble in the field. As no calipers are used, an injured man need not be moved while he is on the table. In most cases the X-ray man merely spots the foreign body by fluoroscopy and gives the surgeon a report...
...crash landing instead of bailing out, not primarily to save the plane but to help save his skin. The plane will help guide searching parties, provide shelter, fuel for warmth and smoke signals, materials to make sun helmets and knives. Other handy equipment in planes: a parachute for a tent, a converted seat cushion for a sun helmet, a parachute pack as a knapsack...