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November 29, 1942

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NAVY CHEERS ARMY, BUT FORGETS LINES; Third and Fourth Battalions, Assigned to Unique Task, Enthuse Over Own Stars NAVY CHEERS ARMY, BUT FORGETS LINES

By Kingsley Childsspecial To the New York Times

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov. 28 -- Although the absence of customary frills and the sight of many empty seats made today's wartime Army-Navy football game a somber affair in comparison with the spectacles of former years, the gridiron hostilities possessed all the spirit and zest so typical of sports contests between the service rivals.

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Early Score by Filipowicz Tops N.C. Cadets for Rams; A FRESHMAN LEADS THE WAY AS FORDHAM RAMS OUTFLANK PRE-FLIGHT 'RAMS' FORDHAM TOPPLES N.C. CADETS BY 6-0

By Robert F. Kelley

Fordham's varsity eleven added its quota to yesterday's dizzy upsets and did it with a crisp, workmanlike job. The Rams turned back the North Carolina Pre-Flight cadets at the Yankee Stadium, 6 to 0, on the wings of a long forward pass from Steve Filipowicz early in the game that Al Litwa, freshman halfback, gathered in to carry to the visitors' 2-yard line.

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Notable Births

Michael Craze

1942Michael Craze, British actor (died 1998)[†]

Michael Francis Craze was a British actor noted for his role of Ben Jackson, a companion of the Doctor, in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He played the part from 1966 to 1967 alongside both William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton.

Ann Dunham

1942Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)[†]

Stanley Ann Dunham was an American anthropologist who specialized in the economic anthropology and rural development of Indonesia. Born in Wichita, Kansas, she studied at the East–West Center and at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts (1967), a Master of Arts (1974), and a PhD (1992) in anthropology.

1942John Grillo, English actor and playwright[†]

John Martin Grillo is an English actor.

Notable Deaths

Boyd Wagner

1942Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (born 1916)[†]

Lieutenant Colonel Boyd David "Buzz" Wagner was an American aviator and the first United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighter ace of World War II.

Ron Middleton (VC)

1942Ron Middleton (VC), Australian bomber pilot and Victoria Cross Recipient (born 1916)[†]

Rawdon Hume "Ron" Middleton, VC was a bomber pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force and a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.