antedating boondock (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Also:

1971 _Pacific Stars and Stripes_ (Tokyo) (June 3) 7: If you're a serviceman
going to the United States (Conus), forget about the boonie hat and jungle
fatigues.

Beats HDAS by a year.

JL

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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 <
> Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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