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  • Then Bosun's Mate Johnson gave Hodgson the unloaded shotgun and a bag of cartridges and watched while the young lieutenant stowed them in the heavily loaded boat.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • Captain Crozier was there, as were First Mate Des Voeux, First Mate Robert Thomas, Acting Mate Couch, Bosun's Mate Johnson, Bosun John Lane, and Marine Corporal Pearson, who was too weak to stand and had to half recline against the splintered hull of an overturned whaleboat.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • It was obvious to the foretop captain that Crozier was carefully picking the men he wanted along on this scouting trip while keeping others, like First Mate Des Voeux, Second Mate Robert Thomas, Bosun's Mate and Terror's disciplinarian Tom Johnson, and all the Marines, with him and alert.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • “We have one thing to be thankful for,” said Bosun's Mate Johnson.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • While two Seamen bound Aylmore securely, Bosun's Mate Johnson lifted out the Cat and tested it with a preparatory Flick of his thick Wrist.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • “There seem to be some newer tracks here, but it's hard to tell since the wind was blowing last night,” said Bosun's Mate Johnson.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • Bosun's Mate Second Class Carl Brashear, nine hours, thirty-one minutes.

    il blog: Men of honor: 2 Decio Biavati 2006

  • WANDA NUNEZ, U.S. NAVY: Hi, I'm Bosun's Mate S.cond Class Wanda Nunez, and I just wanted to send a seasons greetings to my family, my mom and dad, my daughter, Lisette (ph) and my son Christian (ph) in Queens, New York.

    CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2005 2005

  • Holderby, who had the deck, ordered a Bosun's Mate forrard to ring the ship's bell.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

  • The men ate the meal sitting on the deck, while the Bosun's Mates took around a double ration of rum.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

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