Word: convoyed
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...another convoy was spotted by the Japs as it pushed into the Sibuyan Sea. This might have been heading for southeastern Luzon. But again the move was of a preliminary nature: Marinduque, a small island within ten miles of Luzon, was quickly occupied. Soon there would be more fields for Kenney's flyers...
...narrow shaft Colonel Abrams' men had carved, and Bastogne got more shells from the other sides. But the narrow path was cleared next day and General Patton's tanks lanced on into the German bulge while Bastogne's wounded & weary went out to safety in a convoy of ambulances and trucks...
Last week, a big U.S. convoy (the Jap said 30 transports and 20 escorting cruisers and destroyers) ploughed through three days of enemy air attacks in the Mindanao and Sulu Seas. At first the jittery Japs feared it might be headed for Luzon, but the convoy put in at Mindoro. The buildup was proceeding along with the attrition. Soon enough Luzon would be the target for other convoys...
...rain-lashed east coast of Leyte, an assault convoy was assembled. Its mission: to land on Mindoro, set up airfields overlooking the South China Sea, com plete the job of bisecting the Philippines begun at Leyte...
...third morning was payoff time: the convoy was off Mindoro. As the sky lightened behind Mindoro's peaks, destroyers and rocket ships raced inshore, laying down a barrage on the flat, inviting coast. No settlement was to be shelled unless Japs were detected, and none were...