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...sooner had the planes retired than three PT boats appeared from the northeast, spraying Liberty with machine-gun fire and launching two torpedoes, one of which found its target. It tore a 39-ft. wound amidships below the water line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: Inquest for Liberty | 7/7/1967 | See Source »

Holiday Ensign. Navy people had an unofficial explanation. The spotter planes in the morning correctly identified Liberty, they maintain, and Israeli intelligence in Tel Aviv even looked her up in Jane's Fighting Ships. But the word did not reach all patrolling jet pilots and PT commanders, who expected to find only Israeli or Egyptian ships in the area. Since Liberty bears a slight resemblance to the Egyptian supply ship El Quseir, the Israeli commanders attacked. Liberty's U.S. flag was shot away during the air attack and the "holiday ensign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: Inquest for Liberty | 7/7/1967 | See Source »

Freshmen with physical training difficulties eventually find their way to the PT Office. There they get aid and comfort from the secretary, Mrs. Margaret Phillips, who has been "Mrs. PT" to freshmen for the past eight years...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Freshman PT Requirement -- Why Bother? | 2/10/1967 | See Source »

...mother the boys," Mrs. Phillips admits. "A few freshmen get homesick and come in with some trumped up excuse just to be mothered. I always tell them not to let their PT's go until the last minute...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Freshman PT Requirement -- Why Bother? | 2/10/1967 | See Source »

...unusual at intramural events to see freshmen signing PT cards for dorm-mates. Several young entrepreneurs sold extra credits last year. In 1955, a senior who had not fulfilled his PT requirement hired freshmen to sign him in at various events. All went well until he was married and told his new bride of this ingenious scheme. She demanded that he confess his sins at the PT Office. He finally settled down to 30 hours of physical training -- and a lifetime of marital bliss...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Freshman PT Requirement -- Why Bother? | 2/10/1967 | See Source »

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