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Submarines were chosen to act as beacons in the North African landing. We took position about ten miles from Oran to shine lights and guide the invasion fleet. It was a very easy job. Then we pushed north, off the Balearic Islands. One afternoon, creeping toward "Gib," my officer of the watch sighted what he thought was a distant aircraft carrier. On a closer look it turned out to be a submarine. My orders were like everyone else's: if you see a German U-boat, fire everything you have got. We had six torpedoes; we fired...
Jerry Levy, in the Crimson's lace work and defencemen, Don Page, Ed Davis, and stalwart Gib King were surprised by the lack of service they...
When that danger was past, Gort was sent to Gibraltar, where attack again appeared to be impending. It was from Gibraltar that he was moved to beleaguered Malta. A nonsmoker, an austere man, Gort is nevertheless a sherry connoisseur. Regretfully he left behind him at Gib a decorated sherry cask presented by his staff...
Present conductor-28-year-old Gilbert ("Gib") Kellberg, school music supervisor in New Ross, Ind.- is an earnest, moose-tall Swedish-American, with feet like fiddle cases. He earns $25 a concert. Graduate of a small Indiana conservatory, he plays the bassoon, once heard the New York Philharmonic-Symphony play in Chicago, listens on the radio to Toscanini for pointers. Total expenses of a concert run to about $50, most of which is recovered at the box office. Deficits are underwritten by boosting citizens (who subscribe about $1, get their names in the program...
...Gib White's Rosalind; the world's mile-and-a-half trotting record; with a 3:12½ victory in the $15,000 All-American Stake Handicap at the New York State Fair at Syracuse...