ARMY & NAVY: Twelve Sabres

ARMY & NAVY

An officer & gentleman of the U. S. Army may proceed by rote from West Point to the grave. His future is assured by the God and Manual of Arms. For him: field duty, a tour in Washington, assignment to the Philippines, Hawaii, China, or some domestic doghouse, and always the crawl up the promotion lists from lieutenant to captain to major, perhaps to a colonelcy or even to the final glory of a general's stars. For his wife: the same, plus a lifetime with other army wives. How some of them live...

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