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Marion was pessimistic about Hobbe's chances for a comeback. "For fencing you need your energy to be like a torpodo, not like a bullet. With his sickness, Hobbs might have hard himself if he fenced too hard...

Author: By Steven M. Heller, | Title: Crimson Swordsmen End Long Layoff With Match Against Winless Brandeis | 2/5/1975 | See Source »

...this the closest Comdr. Morison came to peril. He was on the U.S.S. Honolulu when she sustained two torpodo hits in an engagement with a Japanese task force. "One 'fish' knocked the Honolulu's bow off, and the other hit her square on the fantail, where it hung for about ten minutes, though it fortunately failed to explode." Comdr. Morison ventured to call the engagement "quite a hot fight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History Trails Morison to Dangers of Pacific Sea War | 11/16/1945 | See Source »

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