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...second time in as many regattas, Harvard crossed the finish line within striking distance of a shell with medal hopes at the upcoming Olympic games, taking runner-up honors in the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames River in London on July...
...course, as fate would have it, they didn’t. Navy mounted an overwhelming sprint with 700 meters to go, had all but eliminated the lead with 500 meters to go and slowly but surely walked back through the Harvard shell before eking out the victory...
...eight members in the first shell, six are seniors, as are their coxswain and six members of the second varsity boat. That second varsity boat took second in its Grand Final, helping Harvard to capture the Ten Eyck Trophy as the nation’s best heavyweight crew top to bottom...
...about 6:30 a.m., I saw the beach with its huge seawall at the foot of a massive bluff. An 88-mm shell landed right in the middle of the LCA [to] the side of us, and splinters of the boat, equipment and bodies were thrown into the air. Bullets were passing through the thin wooden sides of our vessel. The ramp was lowered, and the inner door was opened. A German machine gun trained on the opening took a heavy toll of lives. Many of my 30 buddies went down as they left...
...Shells were continually landing all about me in a definite pattern, and when I raised my head up to curse the Germans in the pillbox on our right flank who were continually shooting up the sand in front of me, one of the fragments from an 88-mm shell hit me in my left cheek. It felt like being hit with a baseball bat, only the results were much worse. My upper jaw was shattered; the left cheek was blown open. My upper lip was cut in half. I washed my face out in the cold, dirty Channel water...