antedating boondock (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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This wire service article is the OED's first cite for "boonies"
(although from the Portsmouth NH Herald, rather than the Bakersfield
paper).

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> Wow!
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> Also of interest (antedating HDAS by a few years - though its primary
> citation refers to 1953/54):
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> 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.
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> JL
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> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
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> > From Google News:
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> > _Berkeley Daily Gazette_ 6/7/1922 p 6 col 2
> >
> > "And if America gets the games, they will be held in Los Angeles
which
> > in itself is cause for much rejoicing, for it will give the fans in
this
> > section of the bundocks a chance to witness the world's premier
athletes
> > in action for the first time."
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