Word: aerially
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When, contrary to plan, winter found the Germans deep in Russia, Adolf Hitler vetoed the plea of his generals that a winter line be established, and tried twice to keep the offensive. But German aerial operations over Russia dwindled to the merest trickle. Tanks and trucks, oil frozen, bogged in the deep snow and were abandoned in wholesale lots...
They acknowledge that drafting and model-making are important aspects, which it is obvious should be handled by a better equipped department such as engineering or architecture. The important phase of aerial photography is now being taught by the Geography Department...
...Aerial mapping and surveying are being repeated by the Department of Geography, and Navigation is again being offered for prospective Navy men. An electronics course, will be given by the Physics Department with Government funds and open to students without...
Most of the standard courses that have been offered in past summer sessions will continue to be offered this summer. In addition, there will be several new subjects given, including courses in Japanese, Chinese, aerial navigation and map-making. According to Mather, the Faculty has even toyed with the idea of giving a course in Modern Icclaudie, but this project will probably be dropped because of lack of demand...
That was just the beginning - after the first aerial assault that had told them the show was on. Bantam (5 ft. 5 in.) Major James Patrick Sinnott Devereux, the detachment commander, returned a Marine's answer: "Come and get us." The Jap got another answer. Somehow, either by bombardment from the four fighter planes still on the island (eight had been smashed by the enemy) or by fire from his six 5-in. guns, little Jimmie Devereux sank the cruiser and one of the destroyers. He reported it tersely to Honolulu. Later he reported his men had sunk...