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Some 700,000 more-disabled, overage and others-will also be released in the coming year. (The Navy will comb out about 25,000 physically unfit and overage men in the next six months.) The Army's par for becoming a Mister will probably be lowered. In any case it will not be increased...
These-the lucky ones marked for "joyous reunions"-will be: 1) the physically unfit, 2) a handful of 40,000 fathers who have never been overseas but have been in "a long time," and 3) some 1,300,000 troops now overseas who have had "extended and arduous service...
...Saturday last when Lt. Beckham, he of the "press fearing" Floridans, was greeted by a goodly supply of crying towels and--an inspiring love poem, signed by a mysterious unknown, "the Light." We have no information as to the identity of this modern Shakespeare, but who among us is unfit, by official recognition, for a post-war naval career...
...health is just about as bad as it was 25 years ago. In 1918, 34% of men examined were found unfit for military service. Now about 40% are rejected...
...blueprint for U.S. redeployment calls for an army of 6,500,000 men to defeat Japan. That means discharging only about 1,500,000 men, one third of whom are already unfit for further military duty anyhow. It calls for a small force to police the U.S. share of occupied Germany, moving most of the U.S. forces now fighting in Europe to the Pacific. They would probably be staged through the U.S. ( the most direct route) in time to arrive at their new front in fighting trim...