antedating boondock (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Wow!

Also of interest (antedating HDAS by a few years - though its primary
citation refers to 1953/54):

1954 _Bakerfield Californian_ (March 3) 8: Reminders of Grim Battle Remain
on Peaceful Saipan....The jungle - everyone here calls it the boonies - has
taken over....On the broad road to old Garapan the boonies have taken over
both sides of the road.

The article notes that as of 1954 the U.S. maintained a 106-man force on the
island.

JL

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
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