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News Tipoffs - Rhode Island Editors Newsletter for Tuesday April 08, 2025 ( 1 items )  

No. 1 U.S. Tennis Star Served in the Navy During World War II
WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * No. 1 U.S. Tennis Star Served in the Navy During World War II Navy Lt. Joe Hunt won the 1943 U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York City while on leave from the Navy in early September of that year. He is the only man in history to win the U.S. national boys' (then 15-and-under), juniors' (18-and-under), collegiate and U.S. men's singles titles. Hunt also played football at the U.S. Naval Academy, w  more