Word: attacking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Thursday a group of attack transports staged an amphibious landing at South Boston. It was a fine show, with Marises and jet planes and underwater demolition teams; it knocked hell out of a public bathhouse, wounded a couple of junior officers, and killed a newspaper photographer...
These were obvious moves and they were all based on the assumption that an atomic attack on the U.S. would come from the air. But military men would also have to face up to another possibility: a sneak attack could come even more devastatingly by sea. Defensive plans would have to be devised to cope with the possibility of atomic explosions set off from foreign ships riding at anchor in U.S. harbors...
Tufts started bravely enough, but soon ran out of gas. Most of its attack was led by one-time All-New England Rick Morris, just returned to college, and observers agreed that Morris has decidedly slowed up since he last played...
Crimson Air Attack Possible...
After the varsity had warmed up against dummies, the latter were replaced by aggressive freshmen who had enough go to successfully throttle the Crimson running and passing attack on several occasions. On other occasions large holes were opened for Paul Shafer and Carl Bottenfield, who alternated with him at fullback. With Chuck Roche nursing a leg bruise on the sidelines, Jim Noonan and Carroll Lowenstein shared tailback assignments...