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D-Day in Japan A Notre Dame hero would become an American hero
on the shores of Iwo Jima, fighting for the boys. Keywords: jack
chevigny, world war ii, d-day, iwo jima, angelo bertelli, texas,
army, knute rockne, george gipp, win one for the gipper,
football The Only Tie Verse Navy The 1945 Notre Dame-Navy game
was probably the strangest game in the series - who played for
which team; the 'incident' regarding ND back Elmer Angsman; and
the controversial final moments. Keywords: football, navy, world
war ii, elmer angsman, fred earley, bob kelly, bob van summern,
frank ruggerio, holy cross, george ratterman, bill leonard,
boley dancewicz, phil colella, frank leahy, army, don mcauliffe