Word: sailing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ship, a U.S. merchantman, at night; shellfire pummeled her carcass. Shell fragments got Wajda in the head and ankle, rolled him overboard like a sack. He came to on a pitching raft where ship's Engineers Mahlon Benton and Lindgren Bancroft had dragged him. They rigged a sail of two big yellow quarantine flags, dressed Wajda's wounds, doled him out a supply of chocolate and hardtack...
Converging on Lisbon at the same time were 125 Americans from disillusioned, heartsick Italy. The two groups, exchanged for Axis nationals rounded up in the Americas, were soon to sail for home. By then the argument over which country it was best to be out of might be settled. First accounts last week gave the edge in dullness to Germany, the lead in human misery to Italy...
Capturing its first trophy in competition this year, the Harvard yacht team trounced M. I. T., Dartmouth, and eight other eastern sail fleets in the yacht basin, Saturday. Let by skippers David C. Noyes '44, John Burton '44 and George O'Day '45, the Crimson aggregation spotted the Tech boats an early lead, and went ahead to win in the final events, garnering 196 points to the Engineers...
...kinds of canvas work, and all kinds, of hoisting with block and tackle. Know the rules of the road, distress, and other urgent signals. Be familiar with all light and buoyage signals. He able to handle either power or sail boats and know how to make landings through surf. Understand the compass and how to lay out a course. Be able to make all necessary knots and splices with either rope or wire. Be able to overhaul and handle anchor chain and know the regulations for such overhaul and for mooring ships. Be able to steer a ship...
Many Harvard men have already joined the Field Service, and another boatload will leave for action as soon as transportation is available. The most recent group to set sail met with adventure almost immediately when their ship was torpedoed. Rescued and returned to Boston, they are now awaiting further transportation...