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Word: usmc (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fairs beseeched his appearance. Publishers begged him to write cookbooks. In a New York delicatessen, the proprietor refused to let him leave without a 3-ft. gift roll of salami. But from Marine Corps Commandant Lemuel Shepherd Jr. came the most important response of all: Captain Richard S. McCutchen, USMC, was ordered to Washington to review the sunset parade and dine (on roast beef) amid the general's shimmering crystal. That almost equaled $64,000 (net $32,850) any time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED SERVICES: Semper Chow | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

Several new vacancies in the Marine Corps Platoon Leader Class (open to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors) and the Officer Candidate Class (open to seniors and graduate students) were announced last night by Lt. Col. Alexander A. Elder USMC, associate professor of Naval Science. Both programs confer draft exemption, Elder said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marines Offer Way to Bars; AROTC Short of Flying Men | 4/22/1952 | See Source »

...have some combat experience to be familiar with their tools, which are, or were, members of the human race. In the last war, Hemingway, a word I'm getting sick of, was at sea on various projects for approximately two years under the orders of Colonel John Thomason, USMC, Colonel Hayne D. Boyden, USMC, Colonel John Hart, USMC. Then Hemingway left for the ETO and was accredited to the R.A.F. and specifically the tactical air force commanded by Air Marshal "Mary" Coningham. He flew with them for a short time and then was accredited to the Third U.S. Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: HEMINGWAY IS BITTER ABOUT NOBODY--BUT HIS COLONEL IS | 9/11/1950 | See Source »

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