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Also found alive was the Marine air ace, Major Gregory ("Pappy") Boyington, last seen on Jan. 3, 1944, diving into low clouds over Rabaul with Jap fighters on his tail. At the time, Pappy Boyington was listed as missing, believed dead. But he had flipped his plane, jumped out and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Back from the Grave | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

Judging by the few who were brought down and captured, most of them knew just enough about flying to keep their crates straight and level, and had never before experienced flak. But it was with irreducible pride that they wore the red sash which dedicated each to death as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Aug. 13, 1945 | 8/13/1945 | See Source »

City officials have done what they could. They condemned the sale of fresh fruits (which might carry the bacteria), dumped boatloads of peaches in the river, where children drowned diving for them. They made a dent in garbage and "night soil" accumulations by having laborers lug the filth away on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: In China's Capital | 8/6/1945 | See Source »

The Commodore. The boss of this crack crew is a ruddy, restive 50-year-old with twinkling china-blue eyes and eloquent white brows, who is more at home in a diving suit or on a burning deck than behind his Washington desk. No Annapolis man, Commodore Sullivan studied architecture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: The Wreckers | 7/16/1945 | See Source »

None of the 18 rookies who made their debuts grabbed any headlines. One of the two best publicized, one-armed Pete Gray of the Browns, scratched a single in his first game, then hurt his shoulder diving for a line drive. The other was switch-hitting, ex-serviceman Al Schoendienst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hits, Runs, Errors | 4/30/1945 | See Source »

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