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...dugouts and trenches which are the strongest Chinese fortification in North China. Communication trenches were cut deep in the yellow ground and covered with logs and earth. They led to a point overlooking the river bend. The trenches fed into concrete rifle and machine-gun emplacements, from which a screen of fire could be dropped on any attempted river crossing. Willkie's burly shoulders did not fit some of the narrow trenches, and his clothes were soon dirtied and stained with yellow sand. He paced three or four miles of trenches, winding up at an artillery observation post. Through...
...trouble began almost a year ago. When workmen with injured hands reported to the shipyard hospital, attendants allowed them to put their hands or feet into an X-ray machine and watch the waggling shadows of their bones on a fluoroscopic screen. X-rays are literally death rays which kill flesh when too powerful or upon prolonged exposure. Apparently the workmen X-rayed themselves for several minutes. Skilled X-ray technicians limit exposure to only a few seconds...
...Spoilers he turned out to be one of the best tackling dummies Marlene Dietrich has ever found. The war has given Cinemactor Wayne an unexpected break. Since outdoor violence has become one of the world's most important occupations, any man who can portray it honestly on the screen has a likely future...
Finally, for those who lack the physical qualifications for active naval duty, there is V-1 (S), open to concentrators in Engineering, Physics, or Chemistry. The procedure is as above, except that premedical students need not take the screen-out exam...
...Naval Aviation Training program (V-5), students are not called until they have had two and one-half years of college. They are required to take the same screen-out examination as V-1 members, and, like V-1 men, may escape service as seamen if they fail by applying for immediate aviation service...