World War II
Holiday was called into active duty in the Army and did not compete for Michigan in 1944, 1945, or 1946. In June 1946, he did compete for the University of Hawaii, setting new Hawaiian records in the 200-yard medley and 150-yard backstroke event.
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Famous quotes containing the words world and/or war:
“I pray that Allah may be moved
To drop sleep on her eyes because she loved.”
—Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.
AWP. Anthology of World Poetry, An. Mark Van Doren, ed. (Rev. and enl. Ed., 1936)
“In the present civil war it is quite possible that God’s purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)