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Show Wrist Watches Preferred y Marines as Yule Gifts Watches, especially wrist watches, aie the Christmas gift most desired by marines on foreign duty in the Pacific. The marine corps announced this conclusion on the basis of a midsummer mid-summer survey conducted by commanders com-manders of its units in the Pacific to determine what marines would like friends and relatives to send them for Christmas. However, in order to reach their destinations on time, the packages should have been shipped to naval und marine personnel person-nel overseas during the period from September 15 to November 1. Other gifts mentioned by the marines, ma-rines, in the order of their preference, prefer-ence, included pen and pencil sets, toilet kits or sets, hunting knives, pocket-size books, candy or cakes In metal containers, radios, bill folds, wallets, cigarette lighters, stationery, station-ery, sunglasses, house and bath slippers, slip-pers, photographs, identification bracelets, rings, pipes, sewing kits, -(laying cards and cribbuge sets. |