Word: armes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...intense life of American ports pointed also to something beyond invasion-to the new fact that the U.S. is now Queen of the Seas. By the end of the year, the U.S. ships that now provision and arm America and her Allies will be half of all the shipping in the world. And the Navy, on seven seas, is now sailing in great force over waters that once never carried an American ship bottom. Far-sighted men count on the seagoing power as a great postwar fact; for one, Rear Admiral Jerry Land, wartime maritime boss, intends to hold...
...Appropriations Subcommittee asked, couldn't the Army and Navy get together to save some money? The Army was abandoning (partially or wholly) some 46 airfields or air facilities because Army Air Forces were undergoing a 20-30% training cut. Why couldn't the still-expanding Navy air arm use some of these facilities instead of building still others of its own? (Whitten: "We have just one country to foot the bill...
Footballer. Captain Maurice L. ("Footsy") Britt, aged 24, of Lonoke, Ark., played football at the University of Arkansas, later was an end for the Detroit Lions. Last week he was in Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, recuperating from the loss of his right arm, shot off at Anzio two months ago. His medal was won in another Italian action last November. Despite many wounds in his side, chest, face and hands, Footsy Britt advanced with eight men, personally killed five Germans, wiped out a machine-gun nest, fired five clips (75 rounds) of carbine ammunition, more rifle ammunition, threw 32 grenades...
Ausnit would only say that there were "even chances" in the game tomorrow with the British Naval Air Arm from Squantum, indicating that while Harvard's team is certainly an improved version of the one fielded last Saturday, the Britishers, too, are expected to be a stronger team...
...means all of the Navy's men man ships. About 750,000 of them belong to the Navy's air arm, which has grown mightily since battleship-bred admirals discovered there was more to air power than met their seamen's eyes. The Navy, which had 7,631 aviators in 1942, now has some...