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...inch armor-piercing bomb smashed through the side of the Vestal and penetrated three decks before it exploded in a metal storeroom. The Utah sank in eleven minutes after the first torpedo smacked her. Another bomb went through the Curtiss' upper works, made a shambles of the electronic equipment in the radio room, trapped two enlisted men under the radio transmitters, passed through the movie projection room and set fire to the film stored there. A bomb went through several decks of the Raleigh, came out the other side and exploded nearly 50 feet away...
Flying from carriers, Navy fighter pilots have fewer chances to fight than Army pilots. When they do go out, they usually fly as escorts for bombers and torpedo planes, dare not leave their charges to go hunting...
...McCampbell, an elderly airman as fighter pilots go, failed to bag a single Jap until he reached Saipan last June. Then he had still another handicap: he was promoted to group commander. i.e., battle boss of all the planes of one carrier, and had to direct dive bombers and torpedo planes as well as his fighters. But the Pacific war was moving west and the carriers were closing on the enemy. McCampbell's fighter squadron, which had not yet downed a single Jap, was getting set to start scoring...
...Morterfication," cried veteran Hu Flung Huey oeC, Schmidten with momentary forchodings, "it can't be worse than Fritts. PT says they'll torpedo us, but they'll have to Shew me. I Thom my nose at Secrest of them who aims to Pierce John's smirchless line. Vicario ball through the devil's Zoeller stairs. Navin can stop us. We're not Cowen...
Coach Henry Lamar of the Crimson eleven has revamped his starting lineup for what may be the Crimson's toughest contest of the season, tomorrow's encounter, on Soldiers Field at 2:30 o'clock, with the Night Raiders from the Melville, R. I., Motor Torpedo Boat School...