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Admiral's Escape. Vice Admiral Marc A. ("Pete") Mitscher, boss of the whole vast Task Force 58, happened to be away from his usual perch on a high chair on the flag bridge, where some officers and men of his staff were killed. Two other places where Mitscher might have been were hit -an office and his living quarters, where all his clothing except "the uniform he was wearing was destroyed. Soon Mitscher had to transfer by boatswain's chair to the destroyer English, which flew his three-starred flag with unaccustomed pride. Mitscher soon went to another...
Last week "Pete" Mitscher came home from the Okinawa campaign. He was "embarrassed" by rumors that he had been killed; he was tired but very much alive. He had fought long & hard for the past five months in the Pacific...
...them, said Oliva-Roget, was Colonel William Frank ("Pete") Stirling, who, during the last war, was the good right hand of the late, famed T. E. Lawrence ("of Arabia"). Oliva-Roget said that Colonel Stirling was now known as "I'homme au chien" because, in full uniform, he walked the streets of Damascus with a big black...
...member one singles match, Half Hunter halted Larry Stewart of the visitors, 6-4, 6-0. Murray Levin, in the second stlot, vanquished Pete McKinley, 6-1, 6-2, while Fred Bolton best Bob Bartlett of Worcester in three sets...
...Pete had read in a book that oxygen peps you up. Realizing "how full a fight arena is of people, all of 'em exhaling carbon dioxide, and most of 'em smoking," he decided his boys weren't getting enough fresh air. So Pete pushed a small tank on wheels into the Hollywood American Legion Stadium, fed his fighter oxygen between rounds. The fighter, Bantamweight Benny Goldberg, punched out an easy victory over Luis Castillo and stayed fresh to the last bell...