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Dates: during 1940-1949
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* Annapolis mark of perfection.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MARINES,AIR,COMMAND: Combat Report | 7/24/1944 | See Source »

After instructing in the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery at Annapolis, Lt. Comdr. Hinman now has charge of the damage control and engineering studies of NROTC underclassmen, and will conduct five control exercises in future months.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Officers Swell Naval Tactics Department's Staff | 7/21/1944 | See Source »

Husky, precise, wisecracking "Ollie" Burke was born on a ranch in Colorado, but his heart was in the Navy from the time he was able to walk. At Annapolis he had no time for athletics or midshipmen's monkey-business. As an officer he became one of the Navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - OPERATIONS: King of the Cans | 7/17/1944 | See Source »

The outfit itself was the hero, and one of the greatest turned out yet by the Navy. Its skipper, Commander Joseph Clinton Clifton, a 36-year-old precision product of Annapolis and Pensacola, had seen to that. Sinewy "Jumping Joe," who was never known to sit in a chair more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: From the Snare of the Fowler | 7/10/1944 | See Source »

The Talking Coach. The skipper, who got his battered nose "backing up a weak line at Annapolis," indulged in a few periods of silence during that 15 months. But they were mostly when he was in his bunk. In battle and out, he kept up a rapid fire of instruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: From the Snare of the Fowler | 7/10/1944 | See Source »

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