Word: shellbacks
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...Maryland's side clambered a piratical visitor who said he was Davy Jones, emissary of King Neptune. He bore warrants to arrest some 800 of the 1,300 officers, men, guests on board who had never before crossed the Equator. Mr. & Mrs. Hoover were exempt, he being a "shellback" with 14 crossings of the Equator to his credit, more than anyone else present except his naval aide, Commander A. T. Beauregard...