Word: defendant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Critics of U.S. Army tanks and guns got a sharp answer last week from the man most responsible for army weapons. Back from a four-weeks' tour of the European battlefronts came Major General Levin H. Campbell Jr., Chief of Ordnance, ready to defend his goods and loaded with testimonials from satisfied users...
Thus the enemy revealed his intention to defend, as long as life was in him, the natural stronghold of northern Luzon's mountains. This would delay U.S. use of airfields such as Tuguegarao and Aparri; it would keep U.S. ground forces away from Luzon Strait indefinitely, unless fresh landings were made...
...American paradox of political democracy accompanied by discrimination against minorities was sharply criticized by Embree. In protesting against the segregation of Negro soldiers, he called attention to the fact that "we have set up a dual system of armies to defend a unified democracy...
...coordinated floor work marked last week's only intramural basketball game, as the NROTC Companies F-G quintet oked out a 45 to 41 victory over Company C Thursday afternoon to forge from third to second place. Lowell, still the top team by half a game, is slated to defend its title against F-G tomorrow afternoon in the decisive game of the season. Since F-G has defeated Company C, Lowell will not face the V-12 squad as previously announced...
...toll included two entire convoys, a Katori-class light cruiser and the dismantled French cruiser Lamotte-Picquet. But the most damaging blows were the sinkings of tankers bearing oil from the Indies and strikes against oil refineries at Saigon. The enemy put up what aircraft he could to defend his supposedly sheltered outposts; 112 were shot down...