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...family rice paddies. Before the war he had tried to join the U.S. Army in the Philippines, but he was too small. The Japanese put him into a forced labor camp, cutting wood for charcoal. One day, 17-year-old José slipped away from a work gang, swam across a river and hid in the bamboo grass, waiting, so "I will be the one in Pozorrubio to find the Americans." Three G.I.s took him to headquarters, and after that, "I walk all around and show where is Jap guns, there, and there and every...
...Alaska Railroad's general manager reported that its best-kept stretch of track was maintained by a section gang composed of eight Indian women...
...voice often began, "Hello, gang . . ." It reminded "all you kids" of the girls back home. "I just wonder if she isn't sort of running around with . . . 4-Fs . . ." It suggested ". . . throw down those little old guns and toddle off home . . . there's no getting the Germans down . . ." "What," it asked, "will [wounded men] think in later years when there are no jobs for cripples...
...under surveillance, employees were questioned, "incoming parcels were screened. Despite his pooh-poohs, Van Fleet was escorted on his way to & from his office by two bodyguards. Finally one of the hotel's house dicks, studying the note, recognized the dripping dagger as the emblem of a gang he had encountered before. In 15 minutes its members were rounded...
...living down the hall from Van Fleet. He and his fellow desperadoes, high-spirited American youngsters, had already made a name for themselves as "Athens' Dead End Kids." Written with a mother's lipstick, the note had been slipped under the general's door while the gang was at play in the corridor. Action recommended: sound spankings. Action taken: as recommended...