Summary and Analysis by Chapter

Chapters 31–32

inexorable cannot be moved or influenced by persuasion; unrelenting.

PX Post Exchange; a store or stores on military bases offering merchandise at reduced prices for service personnel.

ubiquitous everywhere at the same time; omnipresent.

V-mail Victory-mail; a postal service during World War II, to or from the armed forces, in which letters were reduced to microfilm, to conserve shipping space, and enlarged and printed for delivery.

requisition a formal written order, request, or application for equipment.

Donald Duck a cartoon character whose nephews (Huey, Dewey, and Louie) are energetic but relatively ingenuous little scamps.

obtuse not sharp; slow to understand or perceive.

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