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...Life Begins at 40. The Barb's skipper, Lieut. Commander Eugene Fluckey, knew that a fat Jap convoy had holed up in Namkwan Harbor on the China coast opposite Formosa. Gene Fluckey and his crew "cased the joint." Going in, the Barb was going to have to take its chances with the enemy minefields; going out, Fluckey figured he would slither through an area marked "rocks" and "unexplored" on his chart. That way, the Barb would be an hour's run from safe diving depth, and it might make deep water if, as Fluckey hoped, the Jap escort...
...weight of its load, R.O.K. troops herded all the passengers off by shooting bursts of burp gunfire over their heads. The 4,000 Koreans scrambled blithely ashore and stood around grinning amiably, while the R.O.K. officers and the ship's crew argued furiously over the snafu and the skipper strained vainly to get his craft...
...varsity sailing team will travel to Providence tomorrow for the Brow Fall Invitation Regatta. Charlie McElroy will be skipper of the A-boat with Tom Chinlund as crew. Charlie Hoppin will captain the B-boat and will have John Newhall for crew...
...caught sight of Captain Jaskilka standing straight and calmly surveying the situation. He trotted on 150 yards to a small, gutted building near the Wolmi causeway. There he met his executive officer, 1st Lieut. Gilbert R. Hershey (son of Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey). "They all got ashore fine, skipper," reported Hershey...
...young marine ran up the road from the shore herding two scared North Korean soldiers before him. When he saw Jaskilka, he yelled: "Halt, you bastards!" Then he reported: "I find 'em in a solo skipper. What do I do with them?" Jaskilka told him to take them to the beach and turn them over to the shore party...