"This past week we had the beginnings of our I & S work (Instrument and Survey). so far we've had the aiming circle ( a telescope mounted on a dial with a lot of added doodads), map-reading and some math which is ridiculously simple." ------N. Mailer, 1944 letter home from Fort Bragg - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l