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Then the take-off signal went up all the way. First the Corsairs were shot from the catapults, then the big, rumbling Skyraider dive bombers; and after the propeller-driven craft were well away, the jets were brought forward. Started by motors hustled about the deck by tiny yellow jeeps, the Grumman Panthers shrieked protest, then raised their voices to a horrible, thundering howl as they shot from the catapults...
...call each of 96 colleagues to ask if she had a brother or uncle suitable for marriage (the 87th said she had). Any place is a good place for the assault, said Miss Carlyle. On cruises, ask the booking agent "when and where eligible bachelors sail ... Kiddingly coax the deck steward into placing you between the two handsomest men on the boat...
...were in for a hard summer. With lessons learned, friends lopped off, girdle smoothed down, and a misleading air of roguish innocence, Miss Carlyle's eager lovelies were already ranging the world-perhaps in the next deck chair...
...Breed, by Combat Correspondent George McMillan, appears the apochryphal but illuminating story of what happened when the first marine reported for duty in 1775. "What, the hell is a marine?" barked the bewildered officer of the deck. "You go aft and sit down till I find out." A few minutes later the second marine-recruit reported aboard and was also sent aft. From the lofty eminence of his seniority, the first man scornfully contemplated the newcomer and snarled: "Listen, boy, you shoulda been in the old Corps...
Rocket Seeker. Project Cyclone has solved many problems before they ever came up in actuality. It advised the Navy, for instance, not to try to launch certain jet fighters from the deck of a pitching carrier. The computer proved that they were much too likely to go in the drink. It worked out the "hydrodynamic" behavior of unbuilt submarines. It predicted the speed at which the wings of new aircraft would begin to flutter dangerously...