Word: overboard
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...group of sailors was standing in the stern of the W. D. Anderson, chewing the fat about foreign ports. One of them, Frank Leonard Terry, was a strong swimmer; he used to be a lifeguard. When the torpedo hit, he jumped overboard at once, without a life belt, while the rest hesitated. A billowing tower of fire and smoke swallowed the ship, and fire spread over the water. In the icy water Sailor Terry stripped off his clothes and swam hard for an hour, to get away from the fire. He could feel the heat of it on the back...
Others began to die. "We all dreaded night to come on." a survivor said. "It was colder at night. Several men tried to jump overboard, but we kept them inside. When they died we had to throw the bodies overboard. Sharks came close, waiting. We shouted, we made noises, we did whatever we could to scare them off. The men's lips were swollen and cracked, and once when it rained we tried to catch a few drops of rain on the tongue." Total hours...
...were actually Nordics -just as, when it later became convenient, Doktor Rosenberg pronounced the Italians "Mediterranean Nordics." The Englishman was "at once arrogant, rude and brave when he raises his hand and establishes an empire-a creative nation of masters! . . . The United States have the great task, after throwing overboard the rotten ideas upon which they were founded, of creating a racial state...
Draftee Private Robert Hedstrom of Chicago went completely overboard in praise of Harvard. "The fellows are swell," he commented enthusiastically, "the buildings are wonderful, and I think Harvard co-eds are beautiful...
...officer shouted: "Why don't you answer signal?" No answer-fourth suspicion. Packages were observed being thrown overboard in a steady stream-fifth suspicion...