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...this was the end." ¶A young subaltern with "dark eyes under long lashes, a pink and white complexion" was sent to Moran for "vetting." "He made every possible excuse to put off my examination . . . but [his commanding officer] told him to get a move on. When the lad stripped, we found he was wearing a coat of mail under his vest." ¶ Another entry in the Moran diary: "Just now a man was brought to my dugout on a stretcher. Half his hand was gone and his leg below the knee was crushed and broken. While his wounds were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Briton on Courage | 4/30/1945 | See Source »

...former) of one J. B. Mathes, roommate of "the leader." Nurses, bathing beauties, ballplayers, McClure, etc.--what a boy! Why, we ask, is Howard McDonald referred to as "the King"? Is he really of royal blood? Chuckie Shroeder pulled in dateless again this week, such a true-blue, sleepy lad...

Author: By Pearson Twins, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 4/17/1945 | See Source »

...Defense Plant Corp. went ahead and built $500,000,000 in aluminum plants, soon became owner of 52% of the aluminum-making capacity of the U.S. Last week, the court found that the diligence of the trustbusters had been overmatched by the diligence of OPC, concluded that, while Alcoa Lad been a monopoly, there is no reason to suppose that Alcoa now has a monopoly or will have one after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONOPOLY: The Winner? | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

...carrier war. But beyond the what, when & where of naval air war, Jensen tells the how: how a boy from Alameda feels in combat over Truk ("Those Grummans are beautiful planes," said Lieut, (j.g.) Eugene Valencia; "if they could cook, I'd marry one"); how a baby-faced lad from Athens, Ga. came to be known as "One-Slug" McWhorter ("You just sat back, pressed the button and he blew up and wasn't there any more"); and how planes are lost, in combat or accident; and how the Navy risks everything to save downed flyers from becoming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mobile Might | 2/26/1945 | See Source »

...Weeks going up for some of the same. Weekend is the only man in the class beside Mr. Lindsay nursing a ski injury. He get his taking a suicide leap at Groton last week. Also at the Statler was the horn looking for the colt with no success "T Lad" was long ago occupied elsewhere...

Author: By Jack T. Shindler, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 2/9/1945 | See Source »

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