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Reunion. The white ship with the green band around her belly and red crosses all over her turned up in Liverpool next day. As the Atlantis came alongside the quay, a voice began calling "Cynthia"; soon the battered ranks along the rail were roaring in chorus: "Cynthia, Cynthia, Cynthia." A tall, handsome girl stepped out of the packed crowd on the dock and waved. Cynthia Elliot, niece of Lady Maud Carnegie, was taken prisoner with a mobile canteen unit in France in 1940, put to nursing 1,500 wounded and captured men of Dunkirk. With many of those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Prisoners Return | 11/8/1943 | See Source »

...routine press release from the Army this week credited two second lieutenants with sinking "a large Italian transport of the 50,000-ton Conte di Savoia class." The U.S. pilots, flying A36 fighter bombers (converted P-51s), spotted a big ship anchored off a quay at Bagnara Calabra in the southwestern part of Italy. They bombed it, registering two hits and a near miss. Pilots who flew over next" day confirmed the sinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Sovoia Sunk? | 9/6/1943 | See Source »

...McCaul, Harvard, 30:42; 17, Chuck Cleavey, Yale, 30:43; 18, Bob Osborn, Princeton, 31:08; 19, Bill Gardner, Yale, 31:16; 20, Ed Essertier, Princeton, 31:18; 21, Kay Rogers, Harvard, 31:31; 22, Walter Mann, Yale, 31:33; 23, Tom Whitin, Princeton, 32:40; 25, Joe Quay, Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cross Country Team Wins Triangle Meet | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

Princeton runners will include Captain Maurice Rehm, Ruloff Kip, Ed. Bragdon, Frank Carolan, Ed Esstier, Joe Quay Tom Whitin, Don Jordan, Joan De Champion and Pete Funk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNDERDOG HARRIERS TO FACE ELIS, TIGERS IN TRIANGULAR | 10/31/1941 | See Source »

They flew in, skimming the roof tops. One pilot found that the only way to reach his target was between a high radio mast on the quay and the ship's mast. "I had to bank to port to get between them and while still at an angle of 45° we threw bombs at the ship's side, one at least hitting the ship with a smack." Still hedgehopping, the attackers fled, leaving growing clouds of smoke rising from the ships at the wharves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Blitz for Germany | 7/28/1941 | See Source »

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