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...Carole Lombard was killed in an air crash during the early months of World War II. Soon afterward he en listed in the Army Air Forces, flew combat missions in B-17s out of Peterborough, England, functioning as both the head of an aerial film unit and as a turret gunner...
...nuclear submarine Skate. Since Skate is almost as fast as any surface vessel and can dodge like a rabbit, the U.S. destroyer leader Norfolk had little chance of touching her with conventional antisub weapons. But on the Norfolk's afterdeck a clumsy-looking box swung like a gun turret. A section of it tilted, doors popped open, and with a screaming roar a slender rocket slanted upward, trailing a feather of flame. Near the top of the climb the engine section separated, and as the missile curved down toward the sea, two more pieces fell off, releasing a small...
...Editor John M. Scott said he expected to be called to lifeboat drill. There were some cries of alarm and many squeals of delight: Books Researchers Joyce Haber and Ruth Brine found themselves in a cozy, five-window corner office that hung over the city like a B-36 turret...
...have to keep a big balance in the bank, on which you get no credit or interest. For the service Heller performs, his rates are not unreasonable. And we don't have to call Mr. Heller and say 'Please, can we buy a turret lathe...
...Load of Coal. After the U.S. got into World War II, Symington set out to make gun turrets for U.S. bombers. During the harried months of the switchover at Emerson, with the Air Corps' General "Hap" Arnold calling him up to plead for "just one turret, just one," Symington worked around the clock. When exhaustion dragged at him, he flopped on a cot in his office. When he woke up, often in the middle of the night, he went back to work. General Arnold got turrets aplenty...