The Archive, 1943-1944, Vol. 57: A Monthly Literary Magazine Published by the Students of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Archive, 1943-1944, Vol. 57: A Monthly Literary Magazine Published by the Students of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Then they'll give me some epau lettes and congratulate me and call me Ensign G - loover, and I'll go to sea on one of those handsome, p.t. Boats (somebody told me the other day that Gene Tunney trained all his special ists on pt. Boats) and after sinking a few dozen Jap ships and several Nazi subs I'll come home with seven teen medals and four shining stripes on my sleeve. Of course, I'll have one arm in a sling and John Powers will meet me at the dock with his whole force of beauties, who will hold my cocktails while I drink them. Ah, but gentlemen, won't it be just too lovely when we get away from this transition and into the Navy? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.