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...Died. Sergeant James Matthew Maxon Jr., 33, son of the Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee; in a plane crash during a test flight; "somewhere in England." A bomber and rear-gunner in the R.C.A.F., he had made several flights over Germany...
...Sergeant York (Gary Cooper, Joan Leslie, Margaret Wycherly, Walter Brennan; TIME...
...Sergeant York (Gary Cooper, Joan Leslie, Margaret Wycherly, Walter Brennan; TIME...
...sequence on saluting is repeated to emphasize its technique. Instructions are given with an air of firm informality. There is a forgivable touch of propaganda: Crows a rookie: "If they treated me any better, I'd be suspicious." There is also a touch of ironic humor: A sergeant stands outside the post cinemansion with a rookie, pointing out the customers' identifying insignia. When he has worked up to the rank of general, he suggests that they step over to the library. For, says he: "We probably won't be seeing any generals here...
...routine of camp life was very simple. The notes of reveilles, or technically speaking, of "first call", blasted the night air at 5:40, but not the notes of a bugle. The Army has gone modern. The sergeant whose job it was to serve as bugler simply turned over in bed and started a phonograph which played the bugle calls over a public address system. The phonograph also had a large collection of popular songs, and it was not an unusual occurrence a few seconds after reveille for the stirring military notes of "The Booglie Wooglie Piggy" to sound forth...