Word: 305th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...order of their standing in the class, the graduating West Point cadets stepped forward to get their diplomas. No. 296 was burly Felix ("Mr. Inside") Blanchard, still looking like a terrifying fullback imperfectly disguised in full-dress uniform. A roar filled the hall. Then, 305th in the line of 310, came his boyish sidekick, Glenn ("Mr. Outside") Davis. His ovation was the noisiest ever heard in the West Point field house...
LeMay's fame as a combat leader began after he took the 305th Bombardment Group to England in 1942. In the early bombing of Europe, U.S. airmen were often less than successful and Colonel LeMay perceived the reason: the bombers were taking evasive action in the face of heavy German ack-ack and fighter interception; pilots would shirk from holding their course the five or six minutes necessary to make good, sound bombing runs. LeMay announced that he would bomb the Brest submarine yards himself, and that he would hit the target...
Approximately 2,200 degrees will be awarded at the 290th Commencement of Harvard's 305th year on Thursday, June 19, as the climax of a week full of the activities connected with the closing of the College year. President Conant's Raccalaureate Sermon on Sunday, June 15, signifies the opening of the week, and the last official function occurs the following Friday with the meeting of the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa...