Word: skippering
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West of the U.S. naval base at St. John's, Newfoundland, a long spit of land juts southwest toward the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. Lieut. Commander Ralph Hickox, skipper of the elderly flush-deck destroyer Truxtun, knew he was somewhere near the end of the spit, but he could not see. The wind was blowing more than 60 miles an hour and low-flying scud dropped the visibility toward zero. The Truxtun ran aground. So did the naval supply ship Pollux. The waves, pounding in like sledgehammers to the base of a 200-ft. cliff, began...
...with this club on every count, for Ned Harding, cousin to Austie, plays wing on the second Yardling line. Bill Hamlen, only recently replaced as a member of the first trio, centers the trio, and Art Lee, Orrin Wood's roommate, is on the other wing. Reserve defensemen are Skipper Carstensen and Paul Coste...
...convoying him to earth. The young man and his parachute plopped into a rice field. A Burmese farmer spewed mouthfuls of water on his bloody forehead. Others fed him, sped him back to his airdrome at Rangoon. Said the young man from Georgia: "I got back so late the skipper didn't have me down on the next day's flying schedule. That's how you caught me loafing...
...third shot, made no attempt to pick up survivors. A second officer insisted that his raft was fired on "five or six times" by the sub's deck gun. A fishing boat, U.S. destroyer and Coast Guard cutter picked up the 38 chilled survivors. Said blond, soft-voiced Skipper Hansen: "I thought we were just as safe there as in New York harbor...
...Pacific Clipper was outward bound from San Francisco, flying from New Caledonia to Auckland, when a coded message told them of the Japanese war. The skipper, Captain Robert Ford, signaled Auckland for "all clear"; then silenced the ship's transmitter, changed course and altitude, made new tracks for Auckland...