Word: escorted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...just as the Allied column was making the entrance of Sunda Strait, the Perth, in the van, sighted two Jap ships. Soon more appeared-the Allied ships had run into a Jap invasion armada of transports and their escort. The battle-if anything so one-sided could be called a battle...
Hundreds of U.S. and British aircraft methodically combed the seas off Florida and the Bahamas. A score of ships, including the escort carrier Solomons joined in. Every clue proved false...
...week, when the Princess and a party of friends dined & wined at the Bagatelle, one of Mayfair's toniest nightspots, till past midnight, listened to a red-haired Russian sing Englishmen Never Make Love by Day, danced rumbas and tangos till the band went home. Elizabeth's escort was an old family friend, married, bespectacled Charles Villiers (pronounced Villers), a former colonel in the Grenadier Guards...
...Iranian Army, a story gives its quality. Not many years ago a battalion refused to obey orders. The commander disbanded it, sent the men to their homes. They came to the Shah to request an escort with the plea, "there are bandits on the roads and we are only a hundred...
...hugged him to her breast on public occasions. When the hopeful Duke-an ugly little man with pockmarks-scurried over, Elizabeth mooned with him in corners and proclaimed him her long-sought true love. But overnight she decided that he was just a pest-and summoned sweet Robin to escort the Duke home again...