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

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A U.S. bluejacket staggered through the thick odor and the rude sounds of the old port of Naples.

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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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For the lower deck the supply of the suitable class of bluejacket might be sadly deficient were it not for the seafaring populations of Brittany and Normandy.

From France by Home, Gordon Cochrane