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
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
"Isn't war awful, sir?" a bluejacket on the Tuscaloosa asked Captain Daehne as they watched the Columbus blaze.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bluejacket wondered what was wrong, why he had been called to the "nut factory."
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
