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Dates: during 1940-1949
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> President Roosevelt, when questioned on sinkings, would not answer. But he told a little parable: One day in the last war he had flown over the Bay of Biscay in a French blimp. He had taken the controls himself for a bit. The next day the blimp thought it saw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Who Is Winning? | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

Presently the O-8 and the O10 reappeared. The O-9 did not. That afternoon, the Navy announced that she was missing. Then, in the same waters where the Squalus vanished two years ago (saved: 33; lost: 26), another drama of succor unfolded. The salvage boat Falcon, with divers who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Seventy-three Fathoms Down | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

It was, except for some further gestures of rescue. Diver George Crocker slid down a grapnel line to 370 feet, found that his special mixture of helium and oxygen (to keep nitrogen out of the blood stream, thus forestall bends) was failing him. Later, two divers did reach the bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Seventy-three Fathoms Down | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

Also Coaches Divers

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PETERSON NOT REAPPOINTED | 3/20/1941 | See Source »

In addition to being coach of the Freshman swimmers, 39-year-old Peterson is also Varsity diving mentor and is chiefly responsible for Varsity divers Shaw McCutcheon and Brad Patterson, who, before coming under Peterson's tutelage, had never dove in competition. This year, he succeeded in converting Freshman swimming...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PETERSON NOT REAPPOINTED | 3/20/1941 | See Source »

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