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...Crash" Davis' B-tutelages meet Gresham tomorrow on the Freshman diamond. Knowles is slated to hurl, with Bresnahan backing him up in place of Greeley, who moves to the Varsity relief post...
This week Shimada had to make a new set of plans to stave off the Americans, who certainly intend to plow into his inner defenses. Except for his German counterpart, no leader had the impossible alternatives that lay before Shimada. He could come out and fight, hurl his whole force against the U.S. fleet. The result would be destruction. Or he could stand on his one thrust at the enemy and keep his fleet in being, a threat that might never be used but that would have to be reckoned with. Or he could spend his fleet piecemeal in harassing...
...nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness to their faith. . . . The enemy . . . may hurl back our forces. But we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace . . . our sons will triumph...
...Skinny Wainwright's mother's side stood Grandfather Edward Serrell, who devised the "Swamp Angel"-the great 8-in. Parrott gun which was skidded across swamps, set upon piling and used to hurl 200-lb. shells into the heart of Charleston...
...first mission, he was told to bomb a German column crossing the Sava near Jasenovac. As his Potez approached, the enemy unfurled their flag for identification, not believing that the Partisans had any planes. The Captain dropped his bomb, killed 15 Germans, then leaned over to hurl 15 hand grenades. The Germans decided to take no more chances, afterward opened fire on, every Potez biplane they saw. On three successive days they brought down Potezes, all manned by Germans...