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...clothes, dishes, gear. Water pouring down her hatch had hurled the skipper bodily out of the chartroom and into the galley. Around the cabin, like dice in a box, skittered 50-lb. chunks of lead ballast. A potbellied stove, torn from its moorings, crushed the ribs of Seaman James T. Watson. There were five other men below. They tried to lash things down and ladle the water out. The men on deck tried to clear the wreckage of the mizzenmast. The 3070 lurched wildly...
...recommend the United States seaman who, in the recent battle in the Barents Sea between a Russia-bound convoy and the Germans, having been torpedoed, was riding astride a capsized lifeboat, waving his arms as the other ships in the convoy passed him, and shouting "Hi-Yo Silver...
...before enlistments were banned by the President, Dodger Outfielder Johnny Rizzo enlisted in the Navy as a seaman first class...
...tour's annual headliners: Ben Hogan, leading low-scorer the past three years (now a civilian aviation student); Byron Nelson, always close on his heels (denied his plane transportation from Texas at the last moment); Sam Snead, most idolized of U.S. pros (now a third-class seaman in the Navy); and Craig Wood, National Open champion (now a captain in the Marines...
Several weeks after Mr. Churchill had left the destroyer, it was torpedoed and sunk. One of the few articles rescued front the wreck was the ensign, which Seaman Robert Sickle, shipmate of the Prime Minister and source of the tale, carried in his jacket...