THE FIRST WORLD WAR as reported in the daily news
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The American Army is going into quick growing mode and the new officers are confronted with a clothing problem. Supply and demand has them in a bind.
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Well, if they were in the Army what else would they spend their first month's pay on? They should be training!!
Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
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You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
Re: THE FIRST WORLD WAR THREAD.
Once they got to the actual war the cost of their uniforms would be the least of their worries.
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Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
Re: THE FIRST WORLD WAR THREAD.
Meanwhile in the land of the brave and the home of the free, stuff was happening that wasn't even slightly tolerant to those who were not politically correct. The I. W. W., a Socialist, Marxist, Anarchist, anti war union of crusaders against non union business were giving some mine operators a hard time in Arizona and found out they didn't need to buy a ticket to leave town. And...nobody but the train engineers seemed to know where the Wobblies would get out of the cattle cars or what kind of shape they would be in when that happened.
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Bisbee was known for copper mines, in fact you can still take a ride on a very small train for
over a quarter mile into a mine. It was fun and have been to Bisbee many times. And the town is
mostly tourist things now, lots of those little artsy-crafty stores that your wife drags you into.......
A pic of the little train and wife and I ready to go......
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over a quarter mile into a mine. It was fun and have been to Bisbee many times. And the town is
mostly tourist things now, lots of those little artsy-crafty stores that your wife drags you into.......
A pic of the little train and wife and I ready to go......
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In WWII the American soldier was called "GI" which stood for Government Issue. In WWI we often hear of the Dough-boy. However, the slang term that the public was given, and promoted, for this stage of the war for the American soldier was "Sammie". One source of the origin was General Pershing creating it as a possible American equal to the Tommy for the Brits or Fritz for the Germans or Poilu for the French.
Some other WWI words in usage.
http://www.worldwar1.com/heritage/wordswar.htm
Some other WWI words in usage.
http://www.worldwar1.com/heritage/wordswar.htm
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Now the draft numbers are about to be called for the first great infusion into the Army.
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So you think you could be a soldier? Check out this list of qualifications.
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Don't want to post on Duncan's WWI thread, but I'm wondering where Wed. July 18, 1917 is??
He skipped over it, is this a test to see if anyone is reading his thread.......
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He skipped over it, is this a test to see if anyone is reading his thread.......
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Peace is that brief, quiet moment in history.......... when everybody stands around reloading.