Word: arsenal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end, in a skillfully integrated attack, the largest force of B-29 Superfortresses yet sent on an attack (well over 100) swept out from their bases around Chengtu in western China. They followed two flights of navy planes over Formosa's greatest arsenal at Okayama. Two days later, they returned to strike again. In all, only two B-29s were lost...
...Monthly production rate of torpedoes has been stepped up 40-fold, depth charges 60-fold. The Navy has added to its arsenal more than 125,000 20-mm. and 40-mm. ack-ack guns-and one billion rounds of ammunition for them alone...
Part of Dr. Hilleboe's $10,000,000 will be used for further research on drugs. But the biggest weapon in his arsenal is simply a mobile X-ray machine, with which he hopes eventually to photograph every chest in the U.S. The machine, now equipped with a new electronic timing device, produces fast, small, high-quality X rays at one-fiftieth of the former cost, can take 500 pictures...
...rout the Japs from their caves in Saipan's limestone hills, the attackers used every weapon in the varied U.S. arsenal, from flamethrowers and bazookas to 16-inch naval guns and 2,000-lb. bombs...
...last centers of strong resistance were around the city post office, a naval arsenal, the seaplane base. Attacking troops, weary, grimy but intent on the kill, surrounded them and drove in for the final mop-up. As they closed the battle for Cherbourg engineers were moving in behind to help reopen the great Atlantic port to sea traffic...