Word: thad
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...fencing, shooting and swimming-Troy, pentathlon captain-coach, appeared to have matters well in hand. His first place in fencing, second in shooting and sixth in swimming gave him a two-point lead (9-11) over Lieut. Harlan Johnson. In third place, 15 points, was a lowly Pfc. named Thad McArthur, 23. A letterman swimmer at the University of Washington (class of '50), stocky (5 ft. 9 in., 160 Ib.) McArthur, like most able-bodied youngsters, had found himself drafted into the Army soon after graduation. His natural all-around athletic ability won him no fast promotions...