Word: hoyt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hoyt C. Pease, regatta chairman, announced that the Yale races have been rescheduled this year for Saturday, June 19, upstream on the Thames River at New London, Conn. In the past the races were always held on a Friday afternoon...
...everybody for an independent U.S. Air Force which could make the most of its new capabilities. They got formal independence from Congress and President Truman in 1947. But the declaration of independence did not end the revolution. Tooey Spaatz, as the first Chief of Staff, U.S.A.F., and his successor, Hoyt Vandenberg, still had their hands full. One hand tried to fashion an atom-jet striking force to stop the threat of Communism; the other fought off the Army and Navy, which did not cotton to the Air Force's demands for money-much more money than the one-third...
...paralyzed Nazi rail transport in Italy, sometimes flew a fighter over his own bomber formations. As one of the Air Force's pioneer instructors, Cannon has a roster of former pupils reading like a star chart. Among them: General Nathan F. Twining, Air Force Chief of Staff; General Hoyt Vandenberg, retired Chief of Staff; General Curtis E. LeMay, commanding general of the Strategic Air Command...
...Boston Red Sox (1919), he converted Southpaw Pitcher Babe Ruth into an outfielder to give him more turns at bat, and (with Ruth) moved to New York. By deals, trades and good scouting, Ed Barrow provided the Yankees with a constant flow of fresh talent (e.g., Waite Hoyt, Charley Keller, Joe DiMaggio), built teams that won 14 pennants, ten world championships during his 25-year reign...
Nelson W. Aldrich, Philip C. Berolzheimer, Edward L. Burlingame, Geoffrey T. Chalmers, Richard P. Chapman, Jr., Robert Dubinsky, Eric Franck, Grey Hodnett, Henry C. Holmes, Alfred M. Hoyt (Capt.), David C. Jordan, Frederick W. Kaufmann, Archibald I. Leyashmeyer, George W. McGarrity, Thomas B. Molholm, Grayson M. P. Murphy, III, Francis L. S. Newell, Stephen Parker, James K. Polese, Clifford A. Rand, Jr., Stephen P. Reibel, Michael S. Robertson, Erik J. Stapper, Ingvars J. Vitands, Harry J. Wexler, John M. P. Donovan...