Word: beaching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After his aerial inspection of the West Bank, a weary Strauss flew to Alexandria, where he met Egypt's Anwar Sadat on the manicured lawn of the President's beach-front villa at Mamura. Sadat appeared solemn and strained before their hour-long talk. But when the two later greeted newsmen, a more relaxed Sadat referred to Strauss as "Ambassador Bob." Sadat said that following his meeting this week with Begin in Alexandria, he would immediately consult with Carter and Strauss on how "to keep the momentum going in the peace process." He warned that unless there...
...clouds." They turned out to be coral reefs, which ripped open the hulls of landing craft. The Bay of Pigs had been chosen partly for its assumed isolation from Castro's defending army. As they churned toward shore, the invaders were startled to find part of the beach bathed in light from huge lamps installed by the Cubans against precisely such a pre-dawn strike. Later, they even discovered two microwave radio towers alongside the bay. Far offshore, the U.S. Navy maneuvered four destroyers in a manner designed to scare Cuban radar operators into thinking that a massive Normandy...
Obsession with secrecy was equally futile. Commanders on the carrier Essex won permission to let their pilots overfly the beach only after the aircraft insignia were obliterated with gray paint. But only the U.S. Navy flew the A-4D jet fighter, whose distinctive silhouette was instantly recognizable. Similarly, a crew was sent over the side of the destroyer U.S.S. Eaton to paint out the ship's name. Yet the vessel's outline could be clearly identified as that of a U.S. warship; at binocular range, even the raised lettering could be read...
Trapped on the beach, watching the American naval vessels sailing serenely away, some Cuban exiles who thought that the mighty U.S. would never start a military operation without meticulous planning and an unshakable commitment to win, fired their guns in rage at the departing ships. Incredibly, none of Kennedy's CIA or military advisers had warned him that, faced with disaster, the invaders could not simply slip into the Escambray Mountains and carry on as anti-Castro guerrillas. The mountains were too far away, separated from the landing site by swamps, and the invaders had been given no training...
...Tuesday Commander Mike Griffin landed his 'Blue Blasters' A-4D jet on the flight deck and came up to the bridge to report to Captain Searcy. Griffin had just overflown the beach area and helplessly watched the Brigade being driven back to the sea. Searcy was shocked by the pilot's appearance. Griffin's face was blue. Tears were running down it without restraint. He was so angry and upset that it took a couple of minutes before he could utter a word. 'I hate to see a grown man cry, but I didn...