bluejacket
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A U.S. bluejacket staggered through the thick odor and the rude sounds of the old port of Naples.
From Time Magazine Archive
Behind her, one catches a glimpse of the entire U. S. Navy, but especially of one roustabout bluejacket to whom Actor George O'Brien has given his first name and a good characterization.
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The bluejacket wondered what was wrong, why he had been called to the "nut factory."
From Time Magazine Archive
He, the most famed member of the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Alexis Carrel, distinguishes himself from the others with a little white headpiece that looks like the hat of a U. S. bluejacket.
From Time Magazine Archive
A World War II bluejacket said it this way: "Morale is when your hands and feet keep working when your head says it can't be done."
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
