Word: rafts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Casting suave Cary Grant, who is accustomed to taming his women by his eyebrows and delicate hands, in the part of an illiterate, rough, George Raft type, to play opposite a woman with no more polish than Lorraine Day is the biggest mistake of the picture, unless it was the initial decision to produce the movie. It just goes to prove that you can't toss a good comedian like Cary Grant into any rickety old vehicle and trust him to make it go. Lorraine Day is still the sweet-simple young things she was in the Kildare serials...
...Louis had command of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla. Twice his flagship, the Kelly, was badly crippled. In May 1941 he took her into the hell of Crete. That time the Kelly was finished off and the King's handsome second cousin was lucky to escape on a life raft. Noel Coward made a movie based on the Kelly's exploit: In Which We Serve...
...Examples: Eddie Rickenbacker (Seven Came Through); and his Pacific raft companions, James C. Whittaker (We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing) and Johnny Bartek (Life Out There...
...Platoon, Co. A, always reaps a reward on their field trips: this time it was photographs, clips, elastic bands, ice cream, soda and the like ... all from Dennison Company??? Yet, we of the 2nd Platoon would have looked a trifle silly marching away from Hood with an inflated life raft...
...Hurry. Once clear, slow down, conserve strength. Swim slowly toward a rescue ship (if any) or a raft or a group of survivors. Lookouts are more likely to see a large group of men in the water than a lone swimmer. If rescue ships stop picking up survivors and rush off, prepare for a depth charging. Swim on your back, keep your belly clear of the water-borne concussion...