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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The U.S. bluejacket who spoke could make allowances for human curiosity.

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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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"Nasty one for somebody," says a bluejacket as he wipes the perspiration from his face and bare chest.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by Parrott, James Edward