AtDDtA(15): "Physical Education"

[Dave Monroe]

   "Out the window behind the Commandant on the Activity fields could
now and then be made out elements of the Harmonica Band engaged in
'Physical Education' ..." (AtD, Pt. II, p. 421f.)


"Physical Education"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_education


"some horrible ... nonregulation Combat-Inside-Ten-Meters"

What would REGULATION "Combat-Inside-Ten-Meters" entail?  Help!


"red sweatshirts bearing the golden crest of the Academy"

http://www.amazon.com/Marines-Crest-Logo-Red-Sweatshirt/dp/B000AIHM0I ?


"his personal gold-plated I.G. Mundharfwerke 'Little Giant'"

IG Farben (short for Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG,
"syndicate of dyestuff corporations", and also called I.G.
Farbenfabriken) was a German conglomerate of companies formed in 1925
and even earlier during World War I....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG_Farben

I.G. Farben

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/extra/ig.html

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/extra/farben.html

Mundharf f.:  harmonica.

http://www.schwaebisch-englisch.de/con/voc.html#M

Interessen-Gemeinschaft Mundharfwerke (Harmonica-works Association of
Common Interests). "Mundharf" is Swabian German for "Harmonica". By
analogy with I.G. Farben in GR: the Mouth-Harp Cartel.

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_397-428#Page_421

"'Little Giant'"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024262/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038694/

Good day, Sir, I represent the Little Giant Vacuum Cleaner Company of
Walla Walla, Washington ...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046098/maindetails

ACME Little Giant Do-It-Yourself Rocket-Sled Kit

http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/tome/b.html