Word: escorted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Turned over to Vice Admiral Raymond A. Fenard of the French Navy the U.S.-built destroyer-escort Sénégalais...
Henry Wallace was late for dinner. His motorcycle escort took him by mistake to the Rightists' Beverly-Wilshire Hotel, then rushed him at prerationing speed over to the Leftists' Beverly Hills. He was introduced with confident graciousness by California's Republican Governor Earl Warren ("We like his frankness . . ."). Wallace assured the moviemakers that they would get more business by "understanding the unexpressed hunger in the souls of moviegoers." But Academy President Walter Wanger (producer husband of Joan Bennett), with only a bit part on the program, got the biggest hand. He put aside his scheduled talk...
...Fifty escort carriers, flattops built on cargo-ship hulls, designed for convoy work but usable in island attacks...
Sweating It Out. The 99th flew on, through a long series of monotonous missions, bomber escort or fighter-bomber jobs. For six months the men never saw a German plane. But the outfit was pulling itself together, acquiring confidence and smoothness, developing good flight leaders, and piling up combat time. When its chance came again, over Nettuno, the squadron was veteran, well-led, sure of itself...
...last jobs in the Mediterranean was to serve as a beacon for the landing in Sicily. We had, as a kind of escort, a PC-boat. The Germans started to dive-bomb us, and old PC turned out to be a very enthusiastic man with his guns. He put up a very fine barrage...