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Word: coxswain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sophomore Dick Moot has filled in at seven, and Andy Guadielle, who rowed on the Varsity a good deal early last spring, is in at five. The three main contenders for the bow positions seem to be Beanie Gilchrist, Tony Whittemore, and Snelling Robinson. Caleb Brokaw is again the coxswain...

Author: By John C. Bullard, | Title: Lightweight Crew Squad Bolstered by Plentiful Supply of Trained Oarsmen | 3/20/1942 | See Source »

...Lyman and Hallett Whitman, five and six in the Varsity boiler room, are expected to hold the same positions this year, and the odds are that seven-man Dave Challinor will be rowing behind stroke Bus Curwen for the third straight spring. In addition Tommy Boynton, last year's coxswain, is again on hand...

Author: By John C. Bullard, | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/18/1942 | See Source »

Boatswain's Mate, Coxswain, Quartermaster, Signalman, Seaman, First & Second Class, Radioman, Carpenter's Mate, Shipfitter, Boilermaker, Electrician's Mate, Fireman, Yeoman, Storekeeper, Ships Cook and Machinist's Mate...

Author: By Ernest VAILLENCOURT Fosse, | Title: Navy's M-2 Quick Way To Active Sea Duty | 3/3/1942 | See Source »

...husband's death. She went to bed sobbing. Then a good German neighbor (a Mrs. Goering) advised her to eat a herring on New Year's Eve, make a wish. Louise did. At midnight a messenger boy knocked at her door. It was all a mistake: Coxswain Clarence Calvin Clifton is still alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: No Casualty Lists | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

...couple of years, picking up a bit of wooden-ship lore on summer cruises in square-riggers, distinguishing himself not at all. But in his last two years at the Academy he began to get the hang of things, soon was holding his own with older classmates, serving as coxswain for the Academy's first cutter crew. He graduated 13th in a class of 47. Out of that class ('97) came seven admirals besides Tommy Hart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NAVY: Admiral at the Front | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

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