Word: aerially
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Less spectacular than aerial deployment but more far-reaching in its implications was another U.S. military job done in China: the organization, equipment and training of an elite corps (39 divisions) within the vast mass of the Chinese Army (300 divisions...
...that Sunday morning his wife was killed on Ford Island by a Jap aerial gunner...
...hand combat. The Raiders went on to Guadalcanal and there, during Carlson's famous 30-day patrol behind enemy lines, among other feats Smith knocked out two machine-gun nests and choked one Jap to death. Willing to volunteer for anything, he served a tour as an aerial gunner ("I wasn't doing anything at the time") and shot down two planes...
G.I.s who had fought in battle for their souvenirs were vociferously disgusted by the antics of the rear-echelon boys. Said a naval reservist, well supplied with well-won combat stars: "It's like the circus, when the death-defying aerial act has ended. Out come the clowns, beating each other over the head with bladders and whacking each other's backsides with explosive paddles. Well, the clowns can have it. I'm going home...
Herb Eckenrath, hailed as the finest passer in college, hooked up with Pete Foley to give the R.O.T.C. team a strong aerial attack, supplemented by a running game sparked by Gene Brannigan, and the dynamic combination exploded to the tune of three touchdowns in the second half...