Word: action
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lucrative Target. There was one other point that even Navy airmen found hard to dispute. No matter how successful the supercarrier was, one torpedo spread or a single bomb attack might put it out of action, and the United States would be the fattest target an enemy could wish...
Among Marine officers, only Vandegrift is considered, and Pratt describes his handling of the Guadalcanal action with fine clarity. The casualty figures underline the sharpshooter tradition perfectly. Japanese dead: 32,000; U.S.: 2,000. The second World War II choice is Bradley, of whom Pratt says flatly: "The ablest soldier in any service during World...
Harvard's team includes Paul Weissman, Dusty Burke, Burt Eggan Mitch Roscuhottz, Larry Pierce, Bill Thompson, Jr., and Pote Retch. Other '52 Players who won't sea action today are Jim Hilbodi, Dave Symmes, and Johany Sears...
...student who was privileged last year to take Professor Theodors Spencer's course in Shakespeare. I would like to add a word of endorsement to the action of the Committee of Faculty Members who have begun raising money for the Theodore Spencer Memorial Fund...
...newsmen's bench will be groaning with reserves. Jaytoo "Pasha" Snail, Alexander C. Hamberpotte, S. W. and R. A. Green--famed brother battery that burned up the league last year--and perennial player-coach Bumbling S. Gotnocuts are sure to see action...