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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...father-in-law's house with a broken hand. "Smith asked me if I was afraid of him," he explained. "I told him I wasn't afraid of anybody. Then it started." Conn went back to camp with his hand in a cast, his face scratched, his bout with Louis postponed at least until September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 18, 1942 | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

Alvin York, a conscientious objector ("War's ag'in the Book"), changed his mind after a heart-to-heart talk with his superior officer and a plodding, nightlong bout with U.S. history. His feat in France that brought him a Congressional Medal of Honor is still a nonpareil: singlehanded he killed 20 German soldiers, captured 132 more with a squad of seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: Old Soldiers | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

With Coach Lamar in his corner, Johnny Bullitt gave Sauer a decisive and brilliant whipping, taking the bout in the third round on a technical knockout with his opponent reeling on the ropes. Except for the second period, during which Sauer rallied and held a slight edge, Bullitt consistently out-boxed him and handed out terrific punishment with a left jab to the body, right cross to the head, and final left hook routine...

Author: By Jerome D. Greene nd, | Title: BULLITT TOPPLES FAVORED GOLDEN GLOVES TITLIST IN N. E. 135-lb. CROWN | 3/25/1942 | See Source »

Home to the U.S. this week came Admiral Thomas Charles Hart, who commanded the Allied Fleet in the far Pacific until mid-February. Healthy but worn after a bout of food poisoning, 64-year-old Admiral Hart headed for Washington, then for his farm at Sharon, Conn, "to get a little sleep." He said that he was not really sick; he was just very tired when he asked to be relieved of his command...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Two Admirals | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

Probably the best bout of the evening was the finals in the 165-pound class between George Work and Ed Richardson. They both took a severe beating and when the bell rang in the last round neither man could move his arms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EIGHT CHAMPIONS CROWNED AS BOXING TOURNAMENT ENDS | 3/13/1942 | See Source »

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