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Word: towers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Berlin taps were sounded for another U-boat master, Lieut. Commander Rolf Muetzelburg, bearer of the oak leaves on the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The fifth of Germany's top sub men killed in action, Muetzelburg had evidently been trapped on the conning tower when his U-boat crash-dived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Open Season | 9/28/1942 | See Source »

...Cadet Vic Skov radioed the control tower: "I'm taking off on Pawnee Cross-Country." Tower to Skov: "Happy landings, everyone else is going to Temple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Boys Will Be Boys | 9/28/1942 | See Source »

...Cadet R. D. Stevens asked: "Oh, please sir, where am I?" The tower: "You're right over the field, enter traffic and land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Boys Will Be Boys | 9/28/1942 | See Source »

...Cadet O. P. Collie: "Sir, the clouds are forming under me." The tower: "Don't broadcast weather information in wartime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Boys Will Be Boys | 9/28/1942 | See Source »

Cadet C. W. Baumann: "Sir, I'm swimming in oil, what shall I do?" The tower: "Take off your shoes so you won't drown and come in for a landing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Boys Will Be Boys | 9/28/1942 | See Source »

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