PFC

Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

PFC

PFC

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Books

• George Washington's Expense Account: Gen. George Washington and Marvin Kitman, Pfc. (Ret.) (reference)

• The Leatherneck Boys: A Pfc at the Battle for Guadalcanal (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"SP4 Ruediger Richter (Columbus, Georgia), 4th Bn., 503 Inf., 173 Abn Bde (Separate), lifts his battle weary eyes to the heavens, as if to ask why? SGT. Daniel E. Spencer (Bend, Oregon) stares down at their fallen comrade. The day's battle ended, they silently await the helicopter which will evacuate their comrade from the jungle covered hills in Long Khanh Province." By Pfc. L. Paul Epley, 1966. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.

LCVP landing craft circle while awaiting landing orders, during the invasion of Cape Torokina, Bougainville, 1 November 1943. Photographed by PFC P. Scheer from a 20mm gun position on board USS American Legion (APA-17). The invasion beaches are in the background, being shelled, and there are planes over the beaches. The smoking volcano in the far center distance is Mount Bagana. Credit: NAVY.

"During the many long weeks of healing the patients must use wheelchairs and crutches until they learn how to walk with a synthetic limb. Shown is PFC Charles Moody of Institute, West Virginia, who was injured near Taegu, Korea, while serving with the First Cavalry Division." Photograph was probably taken at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, DC. Quoted sentences are from the original caption, released with the photo on 1 February 1951. Credit: NAVY.

"Silhouetted against the late afternoon Korean sky, Marine PFC Wm. E. Lunsford, ..., scans suspected Communist ground for signs of enemy activity. Cease fire rumours do not slow down the U.S. Marines in their relentless drive to secure bloody 'Punch Bowl' Valley in Korea." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 2 July 1951. Note tripod-mounted camera in the background, binoculars and M1 rifle. Credit: NAVY.

An American soldier wounded by shrapnel is being given blood plasma transfusion by Pfc. Harvey White, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in Sicily. Credit: Library of Congress.

PFC. Wiley Howington of Asheville, N.C., cleans the M1 he used in wiping out a Jap antiaircraft gun crew in a dugout at Munda. Credit: Library of Congress.

PFC Bernard Lazanski, leads pony that is pulling children in cart during Christmas party for American dependent children, at the Cluster Service Club, Berlin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Left to right: Julius Robertson of the 66th transportation truck company ... and Pfc. Richard Langley receiving the commendation ribbon for meritorious achievement connected with Operation Vittles from Major General Carter B. Magruder, Heidelberg, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

The Bahamas

The Bahamas has a few notable industrial firms: the Freeport pharmaceutical firm, PFC Bahamas (formerly Syntex), which recently streamlined its production and was purchased by the Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche; the BORCO oil facility, also in Freeport, which transships oil in the region; the Commonwealth Brewery in Nassau, which produces Heineken, Guinness, and Kalik beers; and Bacardi Corp., which distills rum in Nassau for shipment to the U.S. and European markets. (references)

The Bahamas

Note: Bahamas' export statistics do not include oil transhipments or the large transactions from the PFC Bahamas (formerly Syntex) pharmaceutical plant located in the Freeport free trade zone. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Japanese Kanji 

一等兵 (private). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いっとうへい (private). (various references)

Pig Latin

pfcay

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+3 letters: capful, cupful, faceup, fuckup, pacify.

+4 letters: capfuls, cowflap, cowflop, cupfuls, cupsful, flatcap, forceps, fuckups, opacify, pacific, perfect, pickoff, preface, prefect, specify.

+5 letters: campfire, caprifig, copurify, cowflaps, cowflops, epifocal, flapjack, flatcaps, flyspeck, foolscap, footpace, forcipes, pacified, pacifier, pacifies, pacifism, pacifist, paleface, parfocal, peaceful, perfecta, perfecto, perfects, perforce, piciform, pickoffs, pontific, postface, praefect, prefaced, prefacer, prefaces, prefects, prefocus, prolific, repacify, scarfpin, scoopful, specific, typeface.