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...transport was oven-hot before it left the baked, gleaming coral of the runway. Fifteen of the Japs took off their heavy boots and lolled in the plush, adjustable seats-even more luxurious than the famous "MacArthur chairs." The 16th kept his boots on. He was grey, roundheaded Lieut. General Torashiro Kawabe, vice chief of the Army General Staff...
Service Resumed. The first passenger vessel from the U.S. since early 1942 nosed its way between the coral reefs that line the channel into Hamilton, Bermuda. She was the Furness, Withy & Cox, Ltd.'s trim, flag-bedecked, 3,500-ton Fort Townsend, carrying 31 passengers and 830 tons of cargo...
...carriers met a Jap task force in the Battle of the Coral Sea, fought it to a draw. Result: Japan's plan to invade Australia was thwarted...
...plane back despite 200 wounds, then insisted on debarking from the ambulance and visiting the Pearl Harbor Officers' Club "to show those kids it's not so tough to be shot up." Richard Crommelin, '28, had started gathering medals even earlier: a Navy Cross for the Coral Sea, another for Midway...
Passing Fancies. In Manhattan, male shoppers who dared could now ask for ties in seven new shades: Lemon Squash, Strawberry Parfait, Pistachio Freeze, Orange Fizz, Blue Frappe, Mint Ice and Coral Crush...