Word: sailor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sailor wasn't really planning to kill Father Joyce when he stood him up at ten paces on Sancian Island; it was just a game when he put a bullet through his cassock. But the missionary from Maryknoll thought his last moment was at hand. Now he knows how he will act if martyrdom really comes to him. He tried to look unconcerned, and he prayed. Not until hours later did he realize, "quite mortified," that he had said the grace before meals instead of the Act of Contrition...
...ship out. Retired from the Navy 20 years ago as chief carpenter's mate, he broke out his old uniform again last week, prepared to work towards another hash mark to add to the swatch of eight that adorn his sleeve already (they represent 32 years' service). Sailor Humble began his career as a blacksmith's apprentice in Ireland, joined the U.S. Navy in 1890, the year he landed in the U.S. He began to hate the Japs back in 1901, when some Jap cops in Yokohama paddled him with the flat of their swords...
...took seven writers to produce Fleet's story-a prodigal waste of talent. A nice, homespun sailor (William Holden) inadvertently kisses a movie star, whereupon his battleship becomes the glamor ship of the U.S. fleet. To keep the flag flying, Sailor Holden is coerced into trying to kiss unbussable Dorothy Lamour, a dime-a-dancehall dame who loathes sailors. The Navy makes book on him. He kisses her all right, but it takes the whole picture...
...knows how few of us civilians will ever realize how much you are doing for us and how much we owe you," Mrs. McEuen told her sailors. "God bless you -and give us strength to carry on the fight for the glass of beer for the sailor in surroundings worthy...
Physically as well as spiritually, Bishop Berggrav is equipped to cope with the Nazis. Tall, blue-eyed, with hair that is still bright blond in his 50s, he is an enthusiastic hunter, fisherman and sailor. A hard-working bishop, who before the war was constantly on the move visiting his flock, he also found time to write newspaper and magazine articles and best-selling travel books. He has never been a man to keep quiet on any issue. If the Nazis have indeed imprisoned him, his very silence will be loud...