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.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bluejacket wondered what was wrong, why he had been called to the "nut factory."

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

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

"What shall we do with this 'ere gun, sir?" a stalwart bluejacket.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)