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...victories in the Mediterranean area. Top-ranking U.S. aces in World War II are thickest in the Pacific, where two Marines-Major Joe Foss, and Major Gregory Boyington, who was killed in combat (TIME, Jan. 24)-have tied Rickenbacker's score of 26. Last week Lieut. Robert N. Hanson went hunting in his Corsair for his 26th victim near Rabaul, failed to return. Two other Marine pilots (Lieut. Kenneth Walsh, Captain Donald Aldrich) have destroyed 20 or more enemy planes...
Dutch is big (6 ft., 194 lb. stripped), has a famous temper (he once really broke all his golf clubs), and his wispy grey hair is thickest above his ears, which makes him look something like a horned owl. Ham is small (5 ft. 5 in., 150 lb.), mild-spoken and teetotaling. Dutch left Glenn Martin in 1925 to be Donald Douglas' chief engineer in Santa Monica. In 1934 General Motors picked Dutch to manage and expand its North American Aviation. But while Donald Douglas held back against the inevitable expansion of U.S. aircraft production (TIME, Nov. 22), Dutch...
Once in the water, get clear fast. Not only is falling debris greatest near the ship, but oil is thickest. To be safe from fire, swim off until the oil on the water appears as small globules rather than a solid sheet...
...duck hunter, primping for his blind date this fall, looked forward to a heavenly sight. Thanks to Ducks Unlimited and other saviors of Canada's vast nesting grounds, this year's migrants had been expected to number about 100,000,000-the thickest flight in 15 years...
...your article on gremlins you fail to mention "boojums," though you have listed the names of other gremlin relatives and cousins. We who live in this section of Connecticut where the boojums are thickest don't really care, but the boojums are offended...