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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Seyfried St. Louis � For Seaman Carl Fowler, the bluejacket on watch on the destroyer U.S.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

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