Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lack of understanding on the part of America's youth as to what America is, what are the conditions that could make her fight . . . When a commander finds the need to ... start from the beginning to give this boy a fundamental reason why he is in uniform, it is pretty discouraging ... It is our [i.e., parents'] responsibility to try to see that they are ... getting an understanding of America...
...reservation near Paris which is called Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Pips, crowns, eagles, laurel wreaths, stars sparkle on an international wardrobe of soldiers' tunics. A luminous map of Europe shines from the screen. The houselights dim, a spotlight focuses on a small, grey-mustached man in the uniform of a high British officer...
When Hannah had predicted the long range draft at an increasing rate, he said "The cold truth of the matter is that we have been putting young men into uniform faster than the males in the population turn 18 1/2 years...
...Coolidge, rated perhaps, best defenseman in the East, was injured in the Yale game, and will be out until the first of the year. Then Patton broke his collar bone in scrimmage last week and will not be back in uniform until the hockey team swings west over Christmas. And two days ago, Moynihan, who returned to action against Yale and turned in such a fine game last year, was placed on temporary probation. Team members expect him to be able to play soon, but that leaves big defensive hole tonight...
...Siegfried Line most of the enlisted men who knew how to operate flamethrowers would probably be dead. He organized a flamethrower school for junior officers so they could train new technicians as the division moved along. At one of the training sessions, a young captain spilled napalm on his uniform, which promptly burst into flame. Dean knocked him down in the dirt to extinguish the fire, and some of the flaming liquid spilled on his own leg. Dean was hospitalized, and for a while it looked as though he would miss his cherished dream of battle after all. But when...