Word: unitized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ground forces, got it through Monty, with whom he ate, alongside whom he set up his quarters. It was Monty who uttered the doctrine: "We have one plan, one idea in mind. There is no army on one hand and air force on the other. We work as a unit...
Blandishment. Recruited as a special unit for a "dangerous mission," many of the Marauders were seasoned jungle fighters from the Solomons and New Guinea. Among the recruiting blandishments was an unwise promise: when the Marauders had completed one hard, grueling mission they would be sent home and disbanded...
...Having been .a chaplain in the Army to a unit composed of Catholics, Protestants and Jews, I have become more interested in the ties which unite men spiritually than in the influences which divide them. Thus, I am determined to be known in my community as a minister of God first, a Protestant second, and a Presbyterian third. . . . I am desirous of having the fullest measure of fellowship attainable with Jews and Catholics...
Once, at Walawbum, when a Marauder unit was confronted by an overwhelming enemy force, the mules set up such a clamor that the Japs thought they must be outnumbered and withdrew...
...first group soon got a real test. Formed up as the 100th Infantry Battalion, they were sent to North Africa, attached to the 34th Division. To keep them a racial unit the War Department sent along 500 reserve Nisei to augment the 100th's normal battalion strength of 800. The reserves were soon needed...