Word: flags
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nowhere. After more than two weeks Greek Vice Admiral Petros Voulgaris had had enough. This week he organized a boarding party made up entirely of Greeks. There was, in dry official language, "some exchange of machine-gun and rifle fire ... a few casualties." The Vice Admiral's flag rose on the Saktouris, the mutiny on the three ships was ended. In Cairo and Alexandria, Greek hotly debated with Greek whether it was more important to fight enemy or government...
...Force. A 31-year-old captain operated against the Germans with the only warplane the Partisans then had. On his first mission, he was told to bomb a German column crossing the Sava near Jasenovac. As his Potez approached, the enemy unfurled their flag for identification, not believing that the Partisans had any planes. The Captain dropped his bomb, killed 15 Germans, then leaned over to hurl 15 hand grenades. The Germans decided to take no more chances, afterward opened fire on, every Potez biplane they saw. On three successive days they brought down Potezes, all manned by Germans...
...Marine platoon presented arms, the bugler played "To the Colors" as the U.S. flag fluttered up the staff. From under the rustling coconut palms a solemn group of natives watched the formal institution of U.S. military rule. This was the first segment of the Japanese Empire to be captured by the U.S.-one of the outer atolls of the Marshall Islands...
...Hall, the older of the two Winthrop buildings, will be filled up before Standish is used. All of Winthrop House is being renovated and for that reason not all of the pre-radar men will be put is now. Alteration plans call for a public address system and a flag pole...
...three Yankee pilots demanded a return to the official flag. On the ship's ticker system they called on "all men who love the Union" to stand together and if necessary "trample the flag of Jeff Davis in the dust...