Word: captain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Goodbye.' " "Alright, Kate-Goodbye." Sank back in my bed and that dull thud, thud in the head overtook me, the thud of wondering, imagining and trying not to wonder and imagine-the thud that has gone on continuously since that morning to this. Captain R. C. got his recall telegram and left, too. The next day was our village regatta on the river finishing with a burst of lovely fireworks on the river-the thud telling one as we watched, those explosions may be bombs and gun fire by next week . . . and they were...
...James ("Jimmy's Got It") Roosevelt requested demotion from his rank of lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, which he held as a White House aide; asked to be made a captain instead. Reason: the rank of lieutenant colonel was too high for his "age and experience." Captain-to-be Roosevelt is 31. His resignation was promptly accepted, his appointment to a captaincy speeded...
...Bremen left New York harbor [on Aug. 30] at her full speed of 32 knots in the direction of the English Channel. The captain changed direction 200 miles from New York, removed all flags and declined to answer radio calls...
...While she was speeding on, we worked hard and painted the ship grey all over. We were told to paint or drown. On September 3, Captain [Adolf] Ahrens told us that war had started and that the situation...
...loss of Mendel, however, and the consistently poor showing of the eleven throughout the past week does not make Harvard as overwhelming a favorite as the comparative scores would indicate. The captain scored both the goals in the Williams game...