Word: crafts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...beach, retreat to strong positions, last-ditch defenses. The Japanese, however, still tried desperately to find a means to stop massed amphibious assaults at the water's edge. When the Marines were fighting on Iwo Jima, the high command pressed for development of an anti-landing craft weapon suitable for cheap, quick mass production. The fukuryus were the result...
...C.I.O. local in the company's Calumet shipyards (patrol craft and Navy LCMs) promptly charged: "Everybody knows . . . Pullman's profits actually were over the $50 million mark. You are falsifying to the public and ... the workers in the name of patriotism...
...guaranteeing that its own air arm be kept inviolate. Said one Navy man: "The Army is strong for a separate air force, Nimitz is strong for air power. Those two positions are not far removed, are they?" Army airmen intent on getting all air power (except Navy carrier-based craft) under one head, would answer, "Yes, they...
...beachheads of the postwar world, another educational landing craft was launched last week, with a squab-and-champagne party in Los Angeles (total expenses for two days' entertainment: $20,000). The craft: a new four-year course in fashion design and merchandising, at big, businesslike University of California at Los Angeles...
...used to bargaining craft by craft, could see little gain from overall policy discussions. The C.I.O., which stood to gain most, was boxed in. The solution, and the public, would have to wait...