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...exam contests have left for the armed forces, have graduated, or have been transferred to other V-12 schools. Lost for the remainder of the season are Bill Sweeney, hard-hitting tackle, whom the Navy has transferred; Jim Crane, regular center, who has graduated from the NROTC; Freshman flash at wingback Glen Schultz, who has gone into the Armed Services; and Walt Coulson, another Frosh standout, starting end and number one punter for the squad, who has also left for the armed forces...
...next room McCarthy and Dowling were trying to help Terry. There was nothing anyone could do for Ace Bush. He had been instantly killed by a fragment. His body was virtually un marked, his face calm and serene. It was obvious that he had not known even a momentary flash of panic or pain...
...plot also is double-barreled, making a mystery not only of the killer but of the killed. Told in a series of flash backs narrated by snub-nosed Clifton Webb, in his first picture since 1924, it gives ample scope for a display of his suavely comical talent and puts only a slight strain on Gene Tierney's acting...
...Philippine operations from five big carriers, five destroyers, one cruiser, one tanker. During the strike at Manila Bay I was on the bridge. Suddenly the squawk-box warned: 'Four Jap planes closing in,' and our ships moved into tight anti-aircraft formation. Through our ear-cotton the flash of guns sounded like a mad symphony on kettle drums. A Jap fighter made two strafing passes at our stern and got away with it, but a minute later I watched him dog-fighting a Hellcat-two fly-like dots against the sky going around like Ferris wheels. Our ship...
...north: dive bombers circle in the sun and plunge down almost vertically to drop their crumps. Avengers roar in low and you can see strings of slim black bombs drop out of their bellies. They make fat, black mushroom patterns along the length of the target. Then Hell cats flash over, tearing the sky with heavy machine-gun strafing...