Word: bobs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...another day, the rising sun was just beginning to shimmer over the Long Tau when Chief Signalman Bob Monzingo clamped on the black beret worn by U.S. Navymen in Viet Nam, stepped aboard PBR (Patrol Boat River) 756 and headed for a rendezvous with the fully loaded U.S. tanker Kalydon. So did the Viet Cong. Three hours later, the battle exploded. From the Long Tau's east bank, ambushers fired five Communist-made B40 rockets at the tanker. All five missed, and Monzingo's two-boat force foamed toward the attackers, blasting away with M-60 machine guns...
...Vegas bookmakers were beginning to count their winnings. They had been quoting 17-to-10 odds on the St. Louis Cardinals, and the world champions were winning in a walk. They had Detroit's Tigers down, three games to one, and St. Louis' peerless pitcher Bob Gibson had humiliated Detroit's 31-game winner, Denny McLain, not once, but twice. Relaxed and confident, Gibson was ready to pitch again, if necessary, in the best-of-seven Series...
...Bob Seals won his second consecutive race and paced Harvard's freshman cross country team to an 18-45 victory over Andover Academy yesterday...
...freshmen were competing without Bob Jurgens, who has missed the last two meets due to an injured knee. He may be able to run Saturday against Cornell...
...Bob Beaman of Eliot was the day's big scorer. He made his team's first TD in the last play of the first quarter. The conversion following failed...