Word: uniforms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first time this year, Harvard will have every man in uniform and ready for action. And more to the point, Captain Torbie Macdonald will start his first game. His running, his passing, and his very presence in the lineup should be the determining factor in picking a Harvard win today...
Saint Exupery is 39, conscription class 21, was 13 years old in 1914 when war started, 17 when it ended, donned a uniform for the first time in 1921 when he served for two years in the French air force in Strasbourg. As you would say: "no war veteran...
WATS. The female uniform most often seen tramping about the British countryside is the khaki of the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (tunic, skirt, a cap that has upfolded ear-protecting flaps). Formed in 1938, the WATS are a revival of War I's Women's Army Auxiliary Corps -the celebrated and occasionally indiscreet WAACs who went to France 57,000 strong under Helen Gwynne-Vaughan (later Darned...
...ever before, Britain's Queen represents Britain's womanhood. Titular commandant of the women's fighting services, last week Elizabeth graciously accepted the presidency of WVS, putting her on top of the female nonfighting services. She was already a typical British wife. The King was in uniform (Marshal of the Royal Air Force) and she no longer accompanied him wherever he went. She had her own visiting, inspecting, encouraging jobs to do. On a 24-hour schedule, from which future appointments had been dropped, she simply went where she thought she ought to go, appearing...
When the University Band performs at the Bates game this afternoon, it will appear in full uniform at the opening game for the first time in many years. Ordinarily the blazers are not worn until later in the season...