bluejacket
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Isn't war awful, sir?" a bluejacket on the Tuscaloosa asked Captain Daehne as they watched the Columbus blaze.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U.S. bluejacket who spoke could make allowances for human curiosity.
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
