[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Middies in Drives – 2-3
Ball Presented to Navy’s Coach – 3
Navy is Fooled, but Not for Long – 5
Navy-Army Statistics – 5
Army-Navy Record – 5
[Boston College] Eagles Subdue Holy Cross in Last 90 Seconds, 14-13 – 7
Xavier Conquers Georgetown, 14-6 – 8
50-Yard Plays Score [for Washington against U.S.C.] – 8
Nebraska, on Interception and Kick, Topples Oklahoma, 7-6, to Tie for Second in Big Six – 9

[Fiji Hill]

Despite turning a blocked punt into a touchdown, the USC Trojans narrowly lost to Washington on a rainy afternoon at the Coliseum. This is our fourth loss in a row and the sixth loss in a season that has given us only two wins. However, we’re a young team with a new coach that despite the losses, seems to be improving. Last week, we gave the high-flying Domers a scare, and yesterday, we almost beat the Huskies.

Next week we have a bye before closing out the season against the UCLA Bruins at the Coliseum on December 6.

[Fiji Hill]

I'm confident the Trojans will do well against UCLA, which is coming off a bye after having been blown out by the Santa Clara Broncos last week (by the way, Santa Clara's theme song, "Varsity, Fight!" is one of my favorite football songs. Four years ago, Jimmy Grier's swing band did a fine arrangement of it).

The 4-4 Bruins have improved over the 1940 team that had only one win, but this year, their wins have essentially been over mediocre opponents such as Montana and Washington State, while Stanford, UC Berkeley and Oregon State have blown them out.

[Graewoulf]

Thanks for posing these articles. It gives one pause to look back one short week before the World changed forever.