Word: causeway
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Applicants for this program," Perkins says, "are to report at the Office of Naval Officer Procurement, 150 Causeway Street, Boston. The may go any day except Sunday, and they should arrive at 8 o'clock in the morning. Once, you have arrived at Causeway Street, the Navy will do the rest...
Seventeen year olds who will have finished their current college term by June 25 or who will have gained a high school diploma by that time are eligible as candidates and may appear before the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board at First Naval District headquarters, located at 150 Causeway Street in Boston...
...citation continued: "During initial assault phases Lt. Seaman efficiently co-ordinated action of his command with those of Naval Combat Demolition Units, Pontoon Causeway Units, and the off-shore traffic control unit to provide for the prompt clearing, organization and efficient operation of his beach areas . . . (Lt. Seaman) contributed materially to the success of the invasion and to proper maintenance of the Allied Armies in Southern France...
...addition to its rigorous physical examination, the program requires a mental apitude test much like that given to would-be pilots; its object is more to measure general intelligence than specific information. The details of enlistment as an air crewman are handled in Boston by Lt. Sussenguth at 150 Causeway Street...
...like stone or struggled vainly, for a moment, in a tangle of baggage and bodies. Horses rolled from the embankment on top of them; while on either side of the breach the relentless canoes plied spears and clubs and arrows. A long-drawn scream rose from the water. . . . The causeway had become a solid writhing of agonized life fighting for itself...