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...Georgia Crowley, justice of the peace in Fairfield, Calif. (pop. 3,118), the case was familiar, but she went to her file anyhow to reread it. The letter she drew forth was from Ensign Marvin Stuart Cohn, Naval Reserve pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Premonition | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

...happy to see that the CRIMSON has attempted to analyze bullfighting, a spectacle that has provided so much excitement for American tourists in recent years. It is a pity, however, that Ensign Taub's interesting article fails to convey a true understanding of the spirit and purpose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BULLFIGHTING | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

...World War I, Harrison enlisted in the Navy, and wound up as an ensign, navigating a sub chaser in the Adriatic. He saw little action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Cheops' Architect | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

After twelve weeks of training, Peter Forrestal, 21, son of the late Secretary of Defense, was sworn in as an ensign at the United States Naval Station, Long Beach, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 25, 1952 | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

...that your research department strike its flag? The emblem used for Burgoyne's successes is the British Union flag of 1801. Even if Gentleman Johnny did anticipate by 24 years the addition of St. Patrick's cross to his flag, wasn't it the old Red Ensign (1707-1801) that British troops carried throughout the Revolution? . . . And your use of the so-called Betsy Ross flag here is also open to question. Careless and over-imaginative historians have ascribed many erroneous displays of this flag in ground combat after June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 4, 1952 | 8/4/1952 | See Source »

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