Word: bombed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...together," and he did so by bold and brusque decisions. In his fourth week in office he ordered the Navy to scrap its biggest dreamboat, the $188 million supercarrier, United States, and ended naval aviation's dream of striking at the heart of any enemy with the atomic bomb. The strategic bombing role would go to Secretary Stuart Symington's Air Force...
...Nagasaki's Urakami baseball field, packed with thousands, the Emperor said a few words: "I do not know how to offer sympathy to Nagasaki, which had to suffer the atom bomb. We should work with all our might to make a peaceful Japan which will be the cornerstone of world peace and culture." As the Emperor finished, a man stepped in front of the crowd. "Tenno Heika banzai-Long live His Majesty, the Emperor!" he yelled. "Banzai!" echoed the crowd in a booming roar. "Banzai!" the masses outside took up the cheer. "Banzai!" they cried, shaking their paper flags...
This week the Senate approved a $20,000 indemnity, already passed by the House, to relatives of the six bomb victims, the only known casualties of Japanese action against the Continental...
...present fight started with the Key West conferences on unifying the armed forces at the beginning of last fall, when the Joint Chiefs of Staff hashed out the wartime tasks of their respective services. The major argument centered around strategic bombing--including the employment of the atomic bomb--with the Navy disputing the Air Force's claim to sole jurisdiction. After considerable bargaining, instituted by the late Defense Secretary James Forrestal, the rival services compromised: the Air Force picked up a fat budget, the Navy the 65,000 ton aircraft carrier "United States." This decision, coupled with a pair...
...medical doctor, not a physicist," Edelman told reporters. "I don't know a damn thing about nuclear physics. If somebody tried to tell me about the atomic bomb I wouldn't know what they were talking about...