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With ten others, Hale piled into a pontoon raft, but inrushing waves from the sinking Morrell capsized the craft, pitching its occupants into 40° water. In the blackness, only Hale and three others managed to climb back in. Soon after dawn, Deck Mates John Cleary and Arthur Stojek died. "They were frozen," said Hale. "They had shocked eyes. They had funny expressions." Wheelsman Charles Fosbender died late that afternoon...
...visions there are many-splendored pleasure domes that even an oil sheik could envy. "Imagine an airliner with a penthouse-with staterooms or offices," glowed two-page American Airlines ads showing interior sketches for its Boeing 747 models last week. "There will be a spiral staircase to the upper deck, room for a special theater section, and even a drawing room that can accommodate sofas and club chairs...
...Gretel and Dame Pattie, a new twelve that is owned by a Melbourne syndicate headed by Emil Christensen, 71, a food processor. Gretel is not the same boat that lost to the U.S.'s Weatherly in 1962. Three feet have been lopped off her stern; her cockpit, deck equipment and keel have all been greatly altered. To win the challenger's role, however, Gretel will have to beat Dame Pattie-and that may be quite a chore...
...fire caught hundreds of the Oriskany's 3,400-man crew below deck. Worst hit was "officers' country" in the forecastle, where many men had not yet climbed out of their bunks. As the choking fumes billowed into their compartments, they tried to escape, only to be forced back by the deadly smoke and heat in the passageways. Lieut. Commander Marvin Reynolds opened his porthole and managed to alert some hands on the top deck; they handed down a hose and an oxygen mask. Then Reynolds spent three hours spraying water around his oven-hot compartment. Commander Richard...
...pilot, a Berlin housewife, an Englishman at Dunkirk and a U.S. Marine sergeant on Guam. By far the best value is found in the 720 pictures (92 in color), which capture the events from the Treaty of Versailles to the rise of Hitler to the Japanese surrender on the deck of the Missouri...