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...pursuits flown with dash and gallantry by stringy Filipinos and husky American boys were finally used up. The bombers that had sunk the ships of the Jap were gone. As the Jap neared Manila, even the flying fields were lost. And the Jap knew as did the American soldier that there would be no more to worry about for a long time. Maybe never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Last Stand | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

Best sign from the Crimson point of view was the Varsity sweep of the 50-yard dash, with Moo Young, Tom Goethals, and Bill Bingham crossing the line in that order. Bill Trainor and Eli Berman, two other dash men on whom Coach Jaako Mikkola will have to rely to fill in for Second Lieutenant Doug Pirnie, did not take part in the meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackmen Repeat Win Over Jumbos In Informal Meet | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

...deciding game McGrath scored both Crimson goals, one on an assist by Johnny Paine and the other on a solo dash. On each occasion be pulled Harvard even with the Tigers, but Princeton went ahead once more, eventually winning the game 3 to 2 and the series, two game...

Author: By John C. Bullard, | Title: Hockey Team Drops 'Social Series' to Princeton Sextet | 1/6/1942 | See Source »

Always they operated with dash and independence that is characteristic of submarine men the world over. Because their young commanders were on their own, because they dared not use their radios-and also because of censorship-their activities were mysterious, little known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Lesson from the Shark | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

Timing of the various column movements was vital to such a plan. It was important that Cunningham get his forces around the Axis coast positions in time to cooperate with the southern forces that made the dash westward straight across the desert to Giálo, thence northward toward the shore between Bengazi and Tripoli. By the time the southern unit had reached the oasis at Giálo, the coastal forces were behind schedule, leaving the Giálo unit out on a limb. Though Ritchie took over on Nov. 26, only eight days after the offensive had begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE DESERT: Failure of an Offensive | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

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