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Scout. At Camp Robinson, Ark., Private Henry Placke was discovered to have joined a local Boy Scout troop, earned ten merit badges, qualified as an Eagle Scout. The Army discharged under-age Private Placke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 24, 1941 | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

...boys on the aircraft carrier Ark Royal (who, depending on their mood, called her the Ark or My Royal Arse) had begun to think of her as charmed; the Axis claimed her sinking again & again, but apparently nothing could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Where Is the Ark Royal? | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

...Where is the Ark Royal?" asked the Berlin radio over & over. She was heading south for Cape Town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Where Is the Ark Royal? | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

London said: "The Italians, having sunk the Ark Royal so many times, must be getting short of real information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Where Is the Ark Royal? | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

...last week, her 65,000 square feet of flight deck glistening under the Mediterranean sun, she seemed unsinkable. Men on the off watch were washing up for tea. Suddenly there was a crash amidships to starboard; all over the ship the lights went out. Every man knew that the Ark's luck-insurance had lapsed. A torpedo had found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Where Is the Ark Royal? | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

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