Army & Navy - T.I.S.

No breeze stirred. The hot Georgia air in Fort Benning's Theater No. 4, Harmony Church area, was heavy, and faintly scented with sweat. At the rear of the long, wooden building a dozen nervous girls fidgeted in their best cotton dresses, a wilted handful of tired parents watched with quiet pride. Slowly and earnestly the 159 men repeated the oath of office, then marched forward one by one to receive commissions in the Army of the U.S.

Thus last week was graduated the newest class from one of the world's toughest, biggest educational...

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