Word: torrey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...army truck lurched on the rutted Chinese road, the tailgate of the truck ahead rushed up suddenly, the driver jumped, and there was a crash. When Reuben Torrey saw his mangled right arm he thought he might as well cut it off with a penknife right there. But they drove him eight miles to an aid station, then flew him 400 miles to a hospital. Then the doctors amputated. There was plenty of readjusting for Reuben Torrey to do after that, but it was during that first eight-mile ride that he came to grips with his new situation...
...they hop about on sticks, or crawl on all fours like maimed animals. Some 20,000 of these armless or legless were left in the wake of the Korean war. Three years ago a group of U.S. Christian missionaries set out to help them, and Amputee Torrey found the work for which his whole life seemed a proving ground...
...Tiger's goalie, Captain Blair Torrey, held the varsity to one goal in the last period, Cleary tallying his third of the game on a pass from Wood at 13:50. Torrey made 37 often brilliant saves in the game...
...Torrey, who kicked out almost 80 Crimson shots as a sophomore and who led last year's Pentagonal championship team in the mist to a 3 to 1 victory at Princeton, is back in the nets again this year, as captain. As he goes, so go the Tigers...
...Orange and Black forward wall is composed chiefly of sophomores and is of questionable strength. But Torrey will have two big, experienced defensemen, Dick Court and Derek Price in front of him. Last year, Price scored one of the Tiger goals against the varsity at Nassau...