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...that he had one great desire: to meet Tiritilli face to face and hear more about Pfc. Truman Fain. Last week Fain got his wish. At the Fain family's request, the Navy Department took Sergeant Tiritilli-a husky, somber soldier of 30-away from his duties at Norfolk, flew him to Independence. Fain was dying by the time the sergeant arrived at his bedside. But when his wife whispered the visitor's name, Fain opened his eyes, smiled, squeezed the sergeant's hand...
Director Lloyd Bacon and his technical crew, working with what must be Hollywood's coldest, wettest cast, have handled their subject with skill and resourcefulness. They shot for seven weeks in the waters off Norfolk, Key West and the Virgin Islands, used such special equipment as a seven-ton undersea camera bell, a Navy-developed underwater camera, anti-shark chemicals to protect the actors. John Tucker Battle's script wisely keeps women out of the picture, serves as a dependable framework for the action scenes that make The Frogmen an arresting movie...
Earlier this year, the debaters hit the front pages after their debate with Norfolk County Prison. The Crimson lost, and one New York paper headlined the story: "Norfolk Cons beat Harvard Pros." The debaters have not won a match against Norfolk since...
Afterwards, the Norfolk debate chairman wrote the council, "they (the Harvard team speaking before 300 prisoners) captivated the audience with their warmth of expression and actually charmed them with the modesty of their personalities...
Belles A-Ringing. This is what happens: a few days before a Union fleet is scuttled at Norfolk, the beauteous Mrs. Irad Seymour is taken prize on a Chippendale couch by her dashing brother-in-law Sam Seymour. Sam promptly dashes south to catch the cruiser Sumter as she runs the Union blockade off New Orleans. Set ashore at Cienfuegos, Cuba, he plays the big game against a Yankee consul and the little game with a local pippin named Coralita...