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...transport cruising slowly back & forth off the sulphurous, bloody hulk of Iwo Jima, Navy doctors knew there was no chance for Sergeant Charles Carter Anderson Jr., U.S.M.C.; he would never see the sun again. Sixteen hours after the young marine had been brought aboard, he died. His death certificate was filled out and sent to the captain of the ship. Grimly the skipper signed it: Captain Charles Carter Anderson, U.S.N...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Captain's Son | 3/19/1945 | See Source »

...Sunday the cast, including its bright particular star, Chief Boatswain's Mate Victor Mature,* lunched at the swank Capitano Country Club. Later a new, 85-ft. Canadian Navy tug stood by to take everybody for a joy ride. Chief Mature and most of the troupe pleaded other engagements. Sixteen SPARS and five tars accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: BRITISH COLUMBIA: Joy Ride | 2/19/1945 | See Source »

Fall Term--Normal, Sixteen Weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACADEMIC CALENDAR REVISED | 1/26/1945 | See Source »

Spring Term--Normal Sixteen Weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACADEMIC CALENDAR REVISED | 1/26/1945 | See Source »

...Sixteen U.S. soldiers have been put to death for crimes committed in France since DDay: four for murder; twelve for rape. But up to last week, not a single G.I. had been executed for cowardice, desertion in the face of the enemy, or any other military offense for which death is mandatory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: No Cowards | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

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