Word: uniformities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...status of Swede Anderson is pretty much a matter of conjecture, and Swede was not in uniform yesterday, but it is generally believed that the blond bulwark of the Crimson defense will be doing business at the same old stand on Saturday...
...girls in another uniformplaid shirts, too long, and blue jeans, too short. He said, knowing, "Oh, WAACS, huh?" and she said, "No, Smith girls." She was wearing a skirt, and there was one other couple and the girl was wearing a skirt, but all the other girls wore the uniform...
Before Pearl Harbor there were only about 2,500 doctors in uniform. Since then probably one out of three U.S. physicians has joined the colors. The Army's adjutant general has banned the release of specific figures, but last week the Procurement & Assignment Service of WMC (which recruits the doctors) said it was a safe assumption that the entire 1942 quota of 42,000 doctors had been filled...
...Chicago for four days and then to Manhattan for six went thousands of disciplined Salvationists to attend the Army's Central and Eastern Territorial Congresses and see their worldwide leader. The men were in high, stiff-necked uniforms, the lassies in black-&-red poke bonnets, long-skirted uniform dresses. They went early to every meeting, between sessions ate at recommended restaurants, sat stiffly in lounges. At the meetings they heard General and Mrs. Carpenter, accompanied by the whole staff of territorial officers. Both the Carpenters talked long and low, preached little, preferred to report the Salvation Army...
...exaggerated reports on the role of Army bombers in the Battle of Midway (Baldwin: "The Navy's carriers did the job"). Baldwin saw Navy, Marine and Army men in almost identical khaki, working "in close harmony in combat areas," concluded: "There is no question that one uniform and one fighting service with a common tradition and a common interest are the answer to our defense problems. ... A separate air force would probably only serve to add friction...