Word: coastal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rose. They wondered if the Japs, who undoubtedly knew that the Americans were coming, might now have evacuated Tarawa as they had Kiska. Then, suddenly, a great splash kicked up the sea a few hundred feet from one transport, only 50 feet from another. The Japs were firing their coastal guns. Betio would not be another Kiska, after...
...White cabled: "Surprise and good navigation were vital to success. The mission was to be at almost suicidal level-even five minutes warning would give the Zeros enough time to take off, climb and turn to the attack. We had to come in from the sea precisely at the coastal airdrome-an error of two degrees, a miss by ten miles or more, would warn the entire coast...
First such affair since the recent modification of coastal dim-out regulations, it may be illuminated by torches in the best customary fashion. In contrast to previous rallies, however, will be the fact that many of the parading musicians may be in Navy uniform, since the V-12 band is now the only organization geared to accompany enthusiasts...
...barracks, oil tanks, coastal guns, ack-ack batteries, power plants, a water-distilling plant, ammunition dumps were destroyed. Yet toward the end of the second day Jap small-caliber guns put up ack-ack fire. Some of the younger U.S. pilots were puzzled. But old hands and the high command knew that only direct hits by aerial bombs could wipe out the burrowed Japs. A naval officer estimated that 85% to 90% of the enemy garrison were still alive. Unless the Jap evacuated, marines or infantry would still have to fight for Wake...
...Russia. "Certainly no one is more deeply interested than American parents in the success of Russian arms over Germany. But it is also true that the whole character of the Pacific war would change if the U.S. had access to the Pacific coastal area of Russia. . . . It is a major factor in the whole Pacific picture...