World War II Chronicle: FDR's son, Jimmy Doolittle, and the 1942 Navy football team

Unto the Breach ^ | Dec. 17, 2022 | Chris Carter

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Lt. Col. Elliot Roosevelt is interviewed on page two. He has been conducting photo reconnaissance of airfields and other points of interest in North Africa and the Mediterranean. He commands the 3rd Reconnaissance Group, part of (recently promoted) Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle’s Twelfth Air Force. The 3rd operates B-17s, F-4s (a photographic reconnaissance variant of the P-38E), and a DeHavilland Mosquito…

The sports section begins on page 42 which features a list of 32 Annapolis football players who lettered.

Seniors: Warren G. Montgomery, Arthur C. Knox, Richard C. Fedon, Fred A. Schnurr, Robert L. Wilcox, Theodore M. Gilliland, Clyde W. Siegfried, James Miller, Joseph L. Berry, Hardy B. Fowler, Oreal J. Crepeau, Howard W. Dawson (manager)… David H. Collins is one of 317 officers and men lost when USS Spence (DD-512) capsized and sank in Typhoon Cobra on December 18, 1944… Team captain Alan R. Cameron served in the Marine Corps Reserve and attended the University of California, Berkeley before being appointed to Annapolis. Served aboard the destroyer USS Drayton (DD-366) in the Pacific Theater. Retired as a captain… John F. Laboon Jr. played lacrosse in 1943 and was selected for their All-American squad. While serving aboard the submarine USS Peto (SS-265) he earned the Silver Star for diving into mined Japanese waters — under fire — to rescue a downed American airman. He later became a chaplain and earned the Legion of Merit with combat “V” device while serving with the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam. He returns to

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