Word: coxswains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Henley soon lost the glamour of regatta week. The grandstands disappeared, traffic flow through the quaint town square returned to normal. But to eight Crimson rowers, their coxswain, their coach, and to their thousands of fans, this little village would always be a symbol of a magnificent effort.The lightweight eight in the Thames lock...
...coxswain made a quick personal decision to execute the classic naval maneuver known as getting the hell out of here. Our escorts and minesweeper broke off and began firing back at the Communist PTs and gunboats that had ambushed us. Blood-red tracers zipped, skipped and finally floated out like spent skyrocket bursts as they sought targets. Brilliant, diamond-bright air bursts from Communist shore batteries to the east rained shrapnel down. Over the roar of small boats' motors rose the baritone whump of Nationalist three-inchers and the chatter of both sides' machine guns...
Barbed-Wire Landing. In our landing craft we felt big as a whale. Several times tracers sought us out but did not find us. The battlewise Chinese coxswain kept his head, stayed out of the line of fire, refused to allow his gunners to fire their two machine guns and give our position away. We were not touched, nor were the two other landing craft. For once the battle broke, it became a fire fight between the attacking Communists and our escorts. The Nationalists later claimed all but one of the attacking PTs and gunboats sunk...
...varsity boating was: Bow, N. Tilney (Capt.); 2, T. Swayze; 3, M. Zuromskis; 4, R. Zeeb; 5, F. Hunnewell; 6, T. Everett; 7, J. McClennen; Stroke, R. Lawrence; Coxswain, B. Peale...
Varsity boating includes: Bow, T. Sheffield; 2, L. Ford; 3, V. Bertelsen (Capt.); 4, K. C. Chase; 5, G. Fritze; 6, L. McElroy; 7, M. Christian; Stroke, M. Hoffman; Coxswain, M. Byran...