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Show GOT TEN HITS IN TEN SHOTS Holder of World's Record in Gun. Pointing, W. S. Wilson Retires From the Navy. With sixteen years of service in the United States navy and the world's record In gun-pointing gun-pointing to his credit, William S Wilson, Westfield, Mass., has retired from a Hie of thrills and travel to that of a front-porch front-porch citizen. "Now I'll have a chance to get acquainted v i t h my family," Wilson Wil-son wrote the American Legion headquarters when his final honorable discharge was in his hands. He is the father of fouf children, including twins. The sailor made two trips around the world before the World war. During Dur-ing it he was on the first United States sub chaser to cross the Atlan tic. He spent the winter of 1917-1J in the waters off the Azores, and latei wns detailed as adjutant to organize a naval unit at Columbia university, New York. He established his gun-pointing gun-pointing record in 1908 by getting ten hits in ten shots in seventeen seconds sec-onds at battle range. On disebnrge he was chief torpedo man in the Heel naval reserve. |