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Killed in Action. Master Sergeant Meyer Levin, 26, bombardier for the late Colin Kelly, first U.S. hero of World War II; in a Flying Fortress crash off Port Moresby. Onetime stock clerk in a New York City warehouse, handsome Mike Levin joined the Army on his 23rd birthday, flew with Kelly on his last mission, served at Corregidor before he went to Australia, was Brooklyn's No. 1 air hero...
LISBON--Four bodies had been recovered and 19 persons still were missing tonight in the crash of the Pan-American Airways trans-Atlantic flying boat Yankee Clipper that exploded and sank as it approached its base on the Tagus River last night in a thunderstorm...
Their thick skins are double, with oil compartments between to absorb the shock of depth charges, which must explode within 20 ft. of them to blast open their hides. They can crash dive in seconds, submerge to 100 fathoms (600 ft.), resist with safety the pressure of more than 19 tons per square foot. On the surface they can shoulder through the sea at 20 knots, driven by great 2,800-h.p. diesel engines. On their bows is a quick-firing gun big enough to enable them to engage Allied corvettes in surface action. U-boat production...
Left. By the late Duke of Kent, killed in a plane crash last August: an estate valued at $692,300. Net value of his personal property: $393,248. Contents of the will were kept private, as all wills of British royalty have been since...
Approaching the enemy through the jungle, ominous enough in peace, multiplies nerve tension: "Tiny noises became exaggerated in our minds. Drops of accumulated drizzle would crash down onto fallen leaves like heavy footfalls. The click of a canteen cover belonging to one of our own men at some point where the trail doubled back beyond a screen of jungle sounded like a whole machine gun being...