Word: conveys
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Opposing forces have been engaged in "sporadic encounters" since Jan. 29, when a force of Japanese torpedo planes attacked a U.S. task force on a convey mission south of Guadalcanal...
...MacARTHUR's HEADQUARTERS, Australia--Allied troops closed from three sides today on Sanananda Point, last Japanese foothold in the Papuan area of New Guinea, as remnants of an enemy convey which was battered for three days at Lae were reported fleeing north-eastward...
...this complacent dream was rudely shattered. From London came a strongly worded statement-long overdue-that Britain "deplores" President Castillo's course and was "astonished" that his government had attempted to convey a different impression. The London statement was quickly seconded by the U.S., which declared itself in full accord with Britain's views...
...convey was unmolested until one day a signal flag was hoisted on the Commodore's ship meaning "Enemy Aircraft Approaching." Crowmen patiently waited for the mistake to be corrected. In less than two minutes the flag was hanled down, but another took its place, the "Attack Imminent" signal. Everyone waited for the "We're Just Foolin" model, but it never came...
...shattered and depleted convey nosed into Kola Bay, down to the Tulema River, and Murmansk. Crewmen on Haskell's ship, who were lounging around the mess galley while awaiting their boat's turn to be unblessed, were suddenly shaken by a terrific explosion. Rushing on deck to man the guns against air attack, they found that the explosion, which struck about number four batchway, was not a bomb but a floating mine...