Word: squadrons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...schedule: A Team Oct. 6 Tufts Oct. 13 Univ. of Rochester Oct. 20 U.S. Submarine Base Oct. 27 U.S. Coast Guard Academy Nov. 3 Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center Nov. 10 Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy Nov. 17 Brown at Providence Nov. 24 Boston University B Team Oct. 6 Andover at Andover Oct. 13 Exeter at Exeter Oct. 20 Tufts B Team at Medford Oct. 27 Worcester Academy Nov. 2 Open Nov. 10 Mass. Maritime Academy...
...World War I, Lieut. Arthur Travers Harris formed the first night-fighter squadron to protect London from Zeppelins. Thereafter, he became one of the major prophets of air power; the heavy bomber was his special love. Last week theR.A.F.'s Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris said goodbye to his job-and to air power as it had developed during his lifetime. Said Bomber Harris...
...while away the long sea hours, Commodore Richard Valentine Morris brought along his wife, baby, and Negro maid Sal; to keep his crew happy, he let them bring their wives too. This domestically blissful squadron cruised leisurely about the Mediterranean, then settled down to a blockade of Tripoli. During the siege a seaman's wife on the flagship Chesapeake bore a child in the forecastle. When the Commodore's wife began expecting, Morris lifted the blockade and sailed off to Malta so that she could be delivered in style...
Captain John survived the Liscome Bay's sinking off Makin Island in late 1943, Captain Henry, only non-flyer among the Annapolis-trained brothers, commanded a destroyer division, participating in many a Pacific raid. Lieut. Commander Quentin, youngest (27) of the five, bosses a fighter squadron aboard a Pacific carrier...
Tufts will lead the list of informal Varsity opponents on October 6, followed by the University of Rochester October 13, the U.S. Submarine Base October 20, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy October 27, the Motor Torpedo Squadron Training Center November 3, the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy November 10, and Brown will round out the season on November 17. Except for the Brown game, which will be played at Providence, all Varsity games will be played on Soldiers Field...