Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...arrival about the middle of this month, Commander R. C. Williams, U. S. N., the executive officer of the Unit, will be in charge of the course. Captain Watson comes here from the Pacific Coast where he was Chief-of-Staff of one of the divisions of the Battle Fleet. He has just been selected for promotion to Rear-Admiral, but will remain on duty here before attaining his admiralcy. During the war he was on active service overseas under Admiral W. S. Sims...
...large power can get a long way in war nowadays without anyone being able to interfere to any extent because modern warfare means complete destruction of cities and their whole population. It would be the easiest thing in the world for a large air fleet to wipe out a great city in a few hours in a modern war. In fact, if the World War had lasted two weeks longer, there would have been a determined air attack on Berlin...
Sailors caught thieving are swiftly and dishonorably discharged from the U. S. Navy. So harsh has been naval justice lately that Secretary Adams last week addressed the U. S. fleet as follows...
Japan's juggernaut, clanking slowly across frozen South Manchuria toward Chinchow last week, was chauffeured by the Empire's prodigiously popular hero of the hour, Lieut. General Jiro Tamon. Month ago he broke the power of China in North Manchuria by routing fleet General Ma Chan-shan and capturing Tsitsihar (TIME, Nov. 30). That was easy. General Ma had no effective artillery and only 23,000 Chinese soldiers. Chinchow last week looked hard-that is if its 84,000 Chinese defenders would fight. Japanese scouting planes reported two separate systems of Chinese entrenchments defending Chinchow, complete with...
...year 1733, a fleet arrived at the mouth of the Savannah River; and presently back home in London trustees of a new venture heard with joy that the flag of England had been raised over the Royal Colony of Georgia...