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...Make the Wounded Forget. Hospital ships, incongruous in the midst of heavy artillery, machine-gun fire and blackouts, are painted spotless white; a broad green band around the ship has large red crosses superimposed. They sail through the South Seas brilliantly illuminated and they even show movies on deck at night. They may not even carry mail or any kind of supplies...
...From the deck of a ship named the John E. Ward, standing off the English coast, Correspondent Gene Currivan of the New York Times saw 28 of the aerial torpedoes winging toward England. Twenty-seven were of the sort which made their disagreeable debut last fortnight (TIME, June...
...stood weighted down with equipment behind the flight deck, where I could see scores of searchlights spotting other aircraft over the target and see the red glare of ack-ack bursting both high and low. Root checked each station on the ship with a "You all right...
Combat duty did not change the orderliness of his ways. He walked the Admiral's deck, by his own estimate covering eight to ten miles a day, frequently stripped to the waist to absorb the sun's healthful rays. A war correspondent cracked: "Spruance will win the war in a walk-literally." Vice Admiral William L. Calhoun, chief of Pacific supply, remarked with admiration: "A cold-blooded fighting fool...
Most literary picture was The Letter, a water color by Lucien Ribera showing a minutely realistic man's hand, whiskey glass, deck of cards, engagement ring, and a letter ending: "and so I am returning the ring. Try to understand...