Word: seasickers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...speed all day, their crews were pounded unmercifully; all they wanted, once back at the Yard, was to crawl into a bunk. The Navy had made no mistake in setting the age limit of PT crews at 35, in speedily washing out of PT service any man who got seasick in heavy going...
...roadway. Yet the bridge was strong. Heavy winds failed to shake it; but when lighter, intermittent breezes swept in from the open Sound, it was agitated by a peculiar weaving, sinuous motion that its builder said looked like the movement of a snake under a rug. Some people got seasick at once when the bridge began to sway; some enjoyed the weird sensation, high above the water, with the wind howling and the bridge throbbing as if it were alive. Its eminent designer, Leon Moisseiff, 68-year-old builder of the Manhattan, the Triborough, the George Washington, many another mighty...
...halfway back, when the rippling suddenly stopped. Horrid groans and wails came from the taut steel overhead. Lampposts jerked back and forth, broke loose, leaped over the side. Reporter Coatsworth's car smashed into the curb. The reporter got out, was pitched forward on his face. Both men, seasick, tried to get up. As they crawled forward, they were knocked down again. Concrete popped like popcorn; large chunks broke loose, whistled through the air. As the roadway buckled over on its side, Student Brown looked down at the water 190 feet below: "I thought I was a goner...
...nally that the Battle of Britain had settled down for the winter into an air and sea war without fancy trimmings. Axis activity in the Balkans and Africa reinforced this view. So did a change in German bombing technique over London. But just to make sure no desperate, seasick hordes would come struggling across the Channel, the R. A. F. and the Royal Navy gave Germany's "invasion bases" along the French coast a few more careful shellackings, and R. A. F. pressed even harder its "master plan" to hamstring Germany's western war industries and communications...
...strained our eyes and tried to think that the light was coming nearer, and the seasick stopped moaning, and we all felt vastly better...