light colonel
Americannoun
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After rising from National Guard private to light colonel and winning a chestful of medals in the Pacific, Carl J. Gilbert had returned to his law partnership disenchanted with the law.
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A light colonel," he argues, "can work with his hands.
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The importance of the American mission was emphasized by the presence of two colonels, one light colonel, a major, a captain, two lieutenants, several Jeep-mounted machine guns, a Jeep-mounted 106-mm. recoilless rifle.
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He may well be the only happy "light" colonel in uniform.
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One of them was Robert F. Goheen, a Princeton man and recently discharged Army light colonel, who aimed at a State Department career.
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