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Under The Sea: Newport native Overholt joins under water archaeology effort in Mediterranean

Citizen Tribune 02 Dec 2023
He was in the Mediterranean, off the Spanish island of Menorca, preparing to dive to the remains of a ship that wrecked 80 years before the first European settlement in Cocke County. “I was scared to death the first-time diving to a shipwreck,” Overholt said, “but I did it.” ... Then it was time to dive to the remains of a ship that sank in 1702.
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Pow! Pow! Gamecocks' sharpshooter saves day as No. 1 USC avoids upset

The Post and Courier 01 Dec 2023
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — She hasn’t been here. She wasn’t around for the any of the last four years, waiting her turn like many of the others ... On Thursday, Paopao again safely brought the ship in. Top-ranked South Carolina avoided a scare, slipping past No. 24 North Carolina 65-58 ... There was no pecking order on who to turn to. This wasn’t drawing straws ... .
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The 10 Best Video Games of 2023

Time 29 Nov 2023
And those upgrades are certainly needed when night falls as the catch of the day turns to sea monsters, ghost ships, and strange phenomena enhanced by the Fisherman’s hallucinations ... Of course, that’s easier said than done as the ship is overrun by Necromorphs, set loose by the mysterious stone artifact known as The Marker.
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A rush for Lithium in Africa risks fuelling corruption and failing citizens

Sierra Leone Telegraph 16 Nov 2023
Local communities and Namibian parliamentarians have accused Xinfeng of housing workers in ‘apartheid conditions’, buying off local chiefs and scaring away the wildlife that brings tourist dollars into the area. Xinfeng has shipped thousands of tonnes of raw lithium ore to China, ...
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What defines a mass shooting victim? Some Monterey Park survivors left out of donations

The Los Angeles Times 13 Nov 2023
“I was so scared,” he said ... I thought I was lucky, even though I was scared to death.” Sam went back to dancing at another studio two weeks after the shooting, but is often worried when he’s in a large gathering or crowd ... 'Just as a ship or aircraft, if there is an accident, the survivors would also be affected by it,' he said.
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The storm hit the cruise liner and sent me somersaulting through the air

The Times/The Sunday Times 12 Nov 2023
While it was certainly dramatic, funnily enough I wasn’t scared. I had faith in this modern ship, the Spirit of Discovery, taking us on a ...
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Clark County mother and son found peace in wartime correspondence

Springfield News-Sun 12 Nov 2023
He was so scared by all the attention he wouldn’t eat any dinner ... We are coming back as fast as the ships can get here, all fathers and 24- to 18-month men go before I do, so September is the earliest possible date ... 2,500 ships at bay ... They say there are 2,500 ships tied up U.S.
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The Navy gave WhiteBear a chance to see the world

The North Platte Telegraph 11 Nov 2023
Coming from humble beginnings, WhiteBear never would have believed she'd end up sitting on a beach in Waikiki, traveling the world or spending months on a ship in the middle of the ocean ... It was WhiteBear's job to find manuals and blueprints for things on ships that needed to be repaired or replaced ... Life on the ship also was very challenging.
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War Stories: In Their Own Words: ‘They called me Hit The Deck Jake’

The Morning Call 11 Nov 2023
The captain ordered the ship to make an emergency turn, but the torpedo caught us in the rudder ... A guy was on standby and he’d switch with you, and for half an hour, maybe, you’d be on headphones to the ship’s gunners ... Radarman WarrenJake” Fegely of Allentown was in the command post inside the ship’s island.
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Marion veteran worked on transport ship in Pacific during World War II

Hickory Record 11 Nov 2023
Holland would be sent to serve on an attack transport ship in the Pacific Theater. The attack transport ships were vessels adapted to transporting invasion forces ashore ... Holland’s ship left out of Norfolk, Virginia, and traveled through the Panama Canal on the way to the South Pacific ... “I never did get scared,” he said.
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PROUD TO HAVE SERVED

McDowell News 11 Nov 2023
Holland would be sent to serve on an attack transport ship in the Pacific Theater. The attack transport ships were vessels adapted to transporting invasion forces ashore ... Holland's ship left out of Norfolk, Virginia, and traveled through the Panama Canal on the way to the South Pacific ... "I never did get scared," he said.
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'You had to earn it'

Lincoln Journal Star 10 Nov 2023
Coming from humble beginnings, WhiteBear never would have believed she'd end up sitting on a beach in Waikiki, traveling the world or spending months on a ship in the middle of the ocean ... It was WhiteBear's job to find manuals and blueprints for things on ships that needed to be repaired or replaced ... Life on the ship also was very challenging.
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Edmund Fitzgerald sinks on Lake Superior 48 years ago today

Cleveland 10 Nov 2023
When the ship was christened on June 8, 1958, it was the largest freighter on the Great Lakes ... Captain Ernest McSorley was aware of building storms on the lake and decided to take a northerly course along Lake Superior so the ship would be protected by highlands on the Canadian shore.
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Looking for a new path in life, the Navy gave Patricia WhiteBear a chance to ...

York News-Times 10 Nov 2023
Coming from humble beginnings, WhiteBear never would have believed she’d end up sitting on a beach in Waikiki, traveling the world or spending months on a ship in the middle of the ocean ... It was WhiteBear’s job to find manuals and blueprints for things on ships that needed to be repaired or replaced ... Life on the ship also was very challenging.
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World War II veteran from Marion recalls service

McDowell News 10 Nov 2023
Holland would be sent to serve on an attack transport ship in the Pacific Theater. The attack transport ships were vessels adapted to transporting invasion forces ashore ... Holland’s ship left out of Norfolk, Virginia, and traveled through the Panama Canal on the way to the South Pacific ... “I never did get scared,” he said.
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