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Word: shellbursts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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...gripe of their own. Under the present snafued pension laws, noted the Army Times, an Army or Air Force Reserve captain killed in Korea would leave a pension of $331.80 a month to his widow and two children; a Regular Army or National Guard captain killed by the same shellburst would leave his dependents a pension of only $130 a month. Reason: reservists come under the same pension laws as civilian employees of the Government; regulars and guardsmen (as well as all Marine and Navy personnel with more than a month's service) under the much less liberal Veterans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Soldiers Wanted | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

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