bluejacket
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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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Among them: Colonel Smith, his crew chief Staff Sergeant Christopher Domitrovich, and Albert Perna, a Navy bluejacket who had hitchhiked a ride from New Bedford.
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The bluejacket wondered what was wrong, why he had been called to the "nut factory."
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The U.S. bluejacket who spoke could make allowances for human curiosity.
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Seaman Samson was the first British bluejacket for fifty years to win and wear the Victoria Cross.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward