Posted on 11/23/2022 6:24:35 AM PST by fugazi
On page two we see that Lt. Anthony B. Akers, PT boat skipper from Bataan (Silver Star citations here and here), is getting married. Akers now commands a training squadron at Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center in Melville, Rhode Island. One of his current students is recently promoted Lt. (j.g.) John F. Kennedy who graduates on Dec. 2 and is assigned to Motor Torpedo Squadron FOUR on the East Coast...
Eddie Rickenbacker and crew are pictured on page five during their rescue... Page nine reports that four Guadalcanal Marines take turns manning a lookout post on top of a 150-foot radio mast, exposed to shrapnel when Henderson Field is under bombardment... George Fielding Eliot column on page 12... Sports section begins on page 20, which features a story of two former Naval Academy football players now in the lineup for West Point for this Saturday's Army-Navy game.
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