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Backbone of the American Army is the old sergeant. He knows men, army life, discipline, fighting -- everything needed for his job of turning raw recruits into finished soldiers
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Credit lineBackbone of the American Army is the old sergeant. He knows men, army life, discipline, fighting -- everything needed for his job of turning raw recruits into finished soldiers. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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