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After serving as an ensign in the Navy during the First World War, he resumed his studies at Harvard in 1919, and was awarded an A.M. in 1922 and a Ph.D...
...Roberts set, the crew does nothing new, but does it well; the engine is obviously the American branch of the same mechanical family that spawned the device in The Man in the White Suit. Led by Eddie Albert and Jack Webb, the officers are variations on the theme of Ensign Pulver, and Millard Mitchell plays the "regular navy" chief bosun in the regular Hollywood manner...
...Something in it about Princeton's "narrow escape with impotent Harvard." The Yalie thought that "impotent" business was pretty cute until Vag snarled "too bad you missed the Dartmouth game this year." The Eli suddenly started talking about Malloy's broken leg. The tension broke when Vag's Princeton Ensign strode up and bet the Eli that Harvard would win. Vag had always claimed you couldn't tell a Princeton from a Yalie, but any Charlie who put money on Harvard was Vag's buddy. This even deserved another drink...
...flame came down the hatchway to our compartment," said Ward. "At first we didn't react. But a split second later the same thing happened again. One of the men, who was getting ready for a shower, ran up the hatchway and into the flame. The ensign and I pulled him down." But the .sailor was fatally burned...
...first stop was a glass enclosed, five-foot model of the U.S.S. South Dakota, soon to be shipped to the Smithsonian Institute. On this particular model, however, the Ensign Jack is upside down. None of the officers noticed this miniature distress signal until the postman, an ex-enlisted man, mentioned...