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The Hell Divers. In the predictable course of events, Thach followed brother Jim to Annapolis, where he quickly became known as "Little Jimmy" (the name has stuck, and among Navymen there are two Admirals Thach-Jim, now a retired vice admiral, and Jimmy of Task Group Alfa). As a crack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Goblin Killers | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

A bottle of rum was produced to fuel four divers who would splash into the cold pool behind Mamie's number. Director Dwight Hemion insisted that Comic Tom Poston carry three spare sets of dice for his crapshooting sketch with Costello. Mamie asked for an "idiot card" to cue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: High Wind in Havana | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

Dust devils skittered back and forth and divers persons practiced offensive patterns late yesterday afternoon at one end of the field where the Crimson will meet the Cornell soccer team at high noon today.

Author: By Richard T. Cooper, | Title: Injuries Leave Crimson Soccer Lineup in Doubt | 10/5/1957 | See Source »

A Glass of Tequila. Fenton announced that he had indeed planned to rob the Americans, but that the job had been carried out by two local tourist guides. Quickly arrested, they protested innocence. Then came word that the bodies on the beach were those of two unidentified auto-accident victims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Guided Tour | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

Unable to fly, Annapolisman Wead supported himself by writing about flying, mostly for the movies. Dirigible, Hell Divers, Test Pilot, Ceiling Zero, Dive Bomber and a dozen other pictures made him a well-paid, well-known man, a sort of Secretary of Aviation in Hollywood's ruling circles. In...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Mar. 11, 1957 | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

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