Word: lyster
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Col. William J. L. Lyster, 77, retired U.S. Army doctor, inventor (1916) of the "Lyster Bag," a large, rubberized, udder-like canvas container from which soldiers in both World Wars drew thoroughly purified, highly unpalatable water; in Washington...
...action stories of the war, when he (and the Illustrious) miraculously survived a savage, seven-hour attack of 50 Stukas and torpedo planes. Singed and blown down a hatchway, he stuck to the ship as it was bombed again at Malta. After that nervy feat of reporting, Rear Admiral Lyster declared that Allen was the "darling" of the British Mediterranean fleet...
...that first smashing attack the Nazis had accomplished what every carrier's commander most fears: With his flight deck immediately out of service, fighter planes could not go up for protection, and Rear Admiral Arthur Lumley St. George Lyster had no defense but his anti-aircraft and the few fighters already in air. Those aloft could not return for refueling, would have to use an air base at Malta. The attack was a great deal more severe than a previous attack on the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, pictures of which last week reached the U. S. (see cuts...