News Parade of the Year 1948, West's worst floods, Thousands made homeless when swollen Columbia River inundates vast territory, Raging torrents devastate Canada's Fraser Valley, Florida lashed as tropical hurricane roars in from Caribbean, Hollands new Queen Wilhelmina, after 50 years of kindly rule, abdicates in favor of her daughter Juliana, All Amsterdam cheers the new Queen and her Prince Consort Bernhard, Berlin crisis World is tense as Russia and Western powers test strength, U.S. airlift continues to land food in beleaguered capital, Coal strike grips France, 350,00 miners idle as Communist-led strike paralyzes nation, 30,000 troops are called to combat violence, Palestine conflict, men and women don uniforms to protect new state of Israel, Hundreds injured in bombing Jewish shopping district, Revolt in Bogota, crazed mobs go berserk following assassination of Liberal leader Gaitan, Revolution sparks mad rioting and bloodshed, U.S. air growth 92 ton giant Constitution aircraft takes off with 168 passengers, Its crew of 12 guides the plane from California to Maryland in 10 hours, Parasite Plane has successful launching, Superfortress is "foster mother" to new jet which cannot take off by itself, 2,200 paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne swing into action at Fort Bragg, N.C., Lockheed "Shooting Stars" in breath-taking display of aerial power over Andrews Field, Washington, Presidential Election, Gov. Dewey addresses tremendous crowds in sweep around country, President Truman wages determined campaign for re-election, Harry S. Truman succeeds himself as 323nd President to the United States,
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D-DAY MINUS ONE, ARMY AIR FORCES SPECIAL FILM PROJECT 158A
82ND & 101ST DIVISION, IX TROOP CARRIER COMMAND
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taken from Britannica
Bob Mathias, byname of Robert Bruce Mathias, (born Nov. 17, 1930, Tulare, Calif., U.S.—died Sept. 2, 2006, Fresno, Calif.), American athlete, the youngest to win a gold medal in the decathlon in Olympic competition. After his victory in 1948 at age 17, he returned to win a second Olympic gold medal in 1952.
Afflicted with anemia in boyhood, Mathias developed strength by engaging in sports, winning success as a teenager in football and basketball. At the suggestion of his high school track coach, Mathias entered his first decathlon competitions in 1948. At the Olympic Games in London that year, Mathias, despite leading in the shot put and high jump, was in third place after the first day of the decathlon. The next day a strong discus throw of 44 meters (144 feet 4 inches) put him in first place, and he went on to win the gold. With his victory, Mathias became the youngest athlete to win a gold medal in an Olympic track-and-field event. In 1948 he received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top American amateur athlete.
Mathias won four U.S. decathlon championships (1948–50, 1952). He attended Stanford University (B.A., 1953), where he played fullback on the gridiron football team. (Although drafted by the Washington Redskins, Mathias never played professional football.) At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Fin., he won the decathlon easily, despite an injured thigh muscle, setting a record of 7,887 points and taking first place in 5 of the 10 decathlon contests. Altogether he entered and won 11 decathlons in his career.
Mathias later performed on television and in films, starring in The Bob Mathias Story in 1954. In 1967–75 he represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was director of the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., from 1977 until 1983, the year he was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
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