Word: uniformities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just because a man is in uniform doesn't mean that he doesn't come up to the age-old definition of being a social animal, and the social animals on the Soldiers Field side of the Charles are plenty much dependent on Mrs. Eugene Giard for their opportunities to continue on that plane...
...Uniform standards an procedures to govern the selection of enlisted men for participation in the Army Specialized Program was announced yesterday by the War Department. Men between 18 and 22 who have passed their basic training will be given a special standardized objective test for college aptitude, and a selection board will give its attention to any man who has a minimum score...
With smooth-running efficiency Selective Service machinery had moved the first 5,000,000 men into uniform. But fortnight ago, SSS hit one of the worst snarls in military conscription since the U.S. entered World War II: 1) Manpower Czar Paul McNutt switched the yardstick for deferment from dependency to essentiality; 2) local draft boards, tussling with changing classifications and categories, were unable to keep pace with the demand for Army & Navy manpower...
...history of this sad tale is, briefly: The men of Company 1, having purchased only one pair of pants with their uniform, put on that one pair to go on liberty the week-end before they heard they had been selected to come to Harvard. The turned in their undress bell- bottoms the first of that following week and remained clad in their sole pair of dress trousers. The still...
...second pair has been ordered, and in the case of some fortunate individuals, has arrived. But the great majority are the service men who best know what "being in uniform" means...