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...high command is largely a collection of befuddled old land-going, deck-tramping gentlemen peering in grave concern at a darkening sky, pathetically wondering what...
...Sept. 3, sea calm, weather clear, when smoke plumed from the forward deck of what in peacetime was the liner Manhattan, now the busy transport Wakefield. The 24,289-ton ship was steaming westward with about 950 passengers (civilian and Army personnel from England) and 650 crewmen. In one of the passengers' cabins a fire had started and begun to spread. The plume of smoke filled to a straight black pillar in the almost windless air, within view of all ships in the convoy. A minute later the seriousness of the sight was vouched for: the Wakefield broke radio...
...program has been changed in a number of details. In the first place, the V-1 classification has now been divided into V-1 (G) and V-1 (S), V-1 (G) is the deck and engineering officer classification. The requirements for this remain the same as before. V-1 (S) is a Specialists' classification, and for this the physical requirements are substantially reduced...
...Navy. Those who fall of admission to medical school or dental school will be ordered to active duty as enlisted men unless they elected to take the V-7 qualifying examination in their Sophomore year. If they did that, and have V-7 physical qualifications, they may become deck and engineering officers...
...trip was perfectly darling." His memory of the trip across the Atlantic this summer on the Portuguese ship: "I have crossed the Atlantic 13 times and this was the best trip of all. It was perfectly delicious. All the lights were on and we had dancing on deck every night. . . ." He said that both the Germans and the British authorized the voyage...