Word: crewmen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...cost of 5,445 Marine lives, had already saved 11,000 6-29 crewmen...
Carrier's Escape. The Bunker Hill's fight for survival lasted through many agonizing hours. A huge pillar of smoke billowed from the after half of the ship, where blazing gasoline and oil sloshed around. Crewmen manned hoses in the face of flames which scorched them to the limit of endurance. Part of the Marine detachment stayed in an ovenlike compartment, throwing bombs and rockets overboard. Tons of water, covered with burning gas and oil, were spilled off over the side in a sharp, skillful turn worked out by the navigator, Commander Charles J. Odend...
Imaginative, 52-year-old Dr. Stearns was typical of the group. One of his first jobs, when he was in the Solomons with the Thirteenth Air Force, was to find out what was ailing pilots and ground-crewmen. His verdict: acute boredom. His effective remedy: gardening, classes about the natives, flora & fauna, geology...
...preparation for their opening regatta on April 28 with M.I.T. and Navy on the Charles, Coach Bert Haines's crewmen have been taking full advantage of sunny spring weather to round into top shape...
...Remagen the Navy had steamed up in trucks 48 hours after the bridge seizure, and helped mightily in getting the heavy stuff across. At the Third Army's crossings, about 250 miles from the nearest ocean, the Navy carried most of the freight, most of the passengers. There crewmen dubbed their operation: "U.S.S. Blood & Guts." Lieut. General George S. Patton beamed his approval...