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Word: gillon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...superiority over attacking Whites. Fortunately for Admiral Arthur Japy Hepburn, Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. fleet and chief umpire in the Hawaiian games, the sinking of his flagship the Pennsylvania by a submarine was only simulated. Unfortunately for Lieut. Commander John F. Gillon and his mechanic, Glen Beal, the fatal plunge of their plane into the sea was not simulated. Two other planes cracked up off Maui early in May, two landplanes flopped into the shallows off French Frigate Shoal, other crashes were rumored, none fatal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: War Games | 5/24/1937 | See Source »

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