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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mouthing an unlit cigar, Lewis swung his arms in a swimmer's breast stroke, swatting Jap ships down. He would sweep on southward, he had told the open-mouthed diners, until all Japan's conquests had been retaken and the Japs' power utterly destroyed. Then he would attend to Germany. "Then would come the vengeance," Lewis thundered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John L. Lewis, Strategist | 5/11/1942 | See Source »

...promise was made good. As the German scouting force put out into the Skagerrak, leading the High Seas Fleet, heading into the greatest battle in modern naval history, Jutland, Vice Admiral Hipper paced the bridge of the scouting force flagship Lützow, with his binoculars dangling on the breast of his blue greatcoat. In the chart room near by stood Franz Hipper's chief of staff: Erich Raeder, brave in the four stripes of a captain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Threat Gathered | 4/20/1942 | See Source »

...week in the Harvard pool. The Elis capsized in their wake 28 other colleges, scoring 71 points to their closest competitor's (Michigan) 39. Yale's swimming stars this season are Captain Howie Johnson, 100-and 220-yard free style; René Chouteau, middle distances; John Meyer, breast stroke; Louis Dannenbaum, backstroke; Jim Cook, diving; and Dick Kelly, sprints. Chouteau was high scorer of the meet with 15 points: first in the 440-yard and the 1,500-meter, and third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Natatutorees | 4/6/1942 | See Source »

...Yard Breast Stroke Final...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimming Schedule | 3/27/1942 | See Source »

...Yard Breast Stroke Time Trials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimming Schedule | 3/27/1942 | See Source »

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