Still, it would seem that Captain Harlan, Lieutenant-Commander Kirk and Dr Knechtle may be on to something.

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It was later revealed that a captain and a lieutenant had planted the explosives, which detonated by mistake.

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Captain, then Lieutenant, Lawson went pretty much all around the world, leaving his B-25, The Ruptured Duck, and one of his legs in China.

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Key plaintiff Frank Ricci and others took promotional exams in 2003 for lieutenant and captain positions that had become available in New Haven.

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He describes officers always being promoted from second to first lieutenant and from lieutenant to captain, and often to major, no questions asked.

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