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> A group of sailors was standing in the stern of the W. D. Anderson, chewing the fat about foreign ports. One of them, Frank Leonard Terry, was a strong swimmer; he used to be a lifeguard. When the torpedo hit, he jumped overboard at once, without a life belt, while...
> John Forsdal was lookout on the R. P. Resor, northbound off the Jersey coast. Seeing running lights inshore of the tanker and less than a quarter mile away, the lookout thought it was a fishing boat-but two torpedoes proved it was not. Sailor Forsdal was slammed to the deck...
While the Navy wishes to fill this class primarily with experienced maritime personnel of offshore fishing, coastal vessels, and yachtmen, even those without aquatic experience may possibly secure a rating here. This group of men will be mainly used in manning the Local Defense Force vessels of the First Naval...
WLB's first full-dress act last week had shown promise: it handled the Boston fishermen's dispute with determination. The fishing fleet was tied up while fishermen and owners of the trawlers fought over whether owners should pay for war-risk insurance for the fishermen. Owners thought...
The flight from Corinth, through the Peloponnesus to a little fishing port where a British destroyer finally picked them up, was a nightmare. More than once St. John and his friends were nearly shot as parachutists because of their knapsacks. On the embarkation dock they watched hundreds of trucks being...