Word: mountbatfen
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...Indian Ocean "owing to the war situation." ∙∙ Henry Ford, who sent an ineffectual "peace ship" abroad last war, became the tenth citizen to sell or lease a yacht to the Navy for $1. (Two others: Vincent Astor, Major Edward Bowes.) ∙∙ Captain Lord Louis Mountbatfen (in command of the aircraft carrier Illustrious at Norfolk Navy Yard) declared in Washington that he had become a straphanger because cabs were beyond his means. ∙∙Debating food rations for men and women in the services, Lady Astor denied women ate less than men, told Parliament, "I eat far more...
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