Word: crafts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been stuck together with more resourcefulness than into the planes that flew that day. The raid had been a smashing success. MacArthur's P-40s, doing a job they were never built to do, had sunk 30,000 tons of shipping (three transports), had chewed up Jap small craft, too. Caught with his finger in his mouth, the Jap had never got a single plane off the ground, had been slow on the draw with his antiaircraft...
...British for destruction. The parachutists overcame the astonished Germans in the station and blew it to ruins. Other Germans blocked their way to the beachhead where they were to embark and escape, but these Germans were taken in the rear by Army troops which had landed from light craft, backed up by the guns of Navy ships. The parachutists joined the troops on the beach, embarked under a shield of Navy shellfire, and the whole force moved triumphantly off under a screen of fighter planes. German fighters buzzed up in angry pursuit, but they bounced, for the most part...
...Bureau of Ships, Robinson provided designs for whatever craft the office of the Chief of Naval Operations ordered...
...genius for getting action at weak spots, Sam Robinson brought the mam moth construction program-biggest ever undertaken-to the point where every major shipyard, except those deliberately set aside for naval repair work, was building some kind of Navy craft...
Active duty in the Naval Reserve will be for the duration of the emergency. Here is the opportunity for young men who have sailed their own craft along our coastal waters to employ their knowledge and skill in the interests of our beloved country--even those with-out maritime experience will find a career and a chance to advance rapidly while exploring the lore...