Word: garrison
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...four of its five air stations on Oahu. The Air Force was preparing to send its 81st Fighter Wing back to the West Coast, leaving Pearl Harbor's air defense to Hawaii's Air National Guard and its 25 overage F47 Thunderbolts. The Army had cut its garrison forces from 9,000 men to 6,900. By summer, the onetime bastion of the Pacific would be little more than a training base...
...richest deposits of iron ore in all Norway. Saturnine, bespectacled Gotfred Hoelvold sits smugly on Kirkenes. Respected citizens of the village bow politely when they meet Gotfred on the street, and whisper uneasily when he has passed by. Policemen salute him with obsequious care. Even the Norwegian army garrison is obliged to seek out Gotfred for help from time to time...
...Secure." Today the remaining citadels of resident society are held by such doughty widows as Mrs. J. Borden ("Daisy") Harriman, and three other garrison leaders known as "the three Bees." They are a pretty subdued...
...proud. The town's civic center, decked with Greek and U.S. flags, was renamed Truman Square. General James A. Van Fleet was on hand for the ceremonies. The town's young mayor, Nikolas Theophilou, thanked him for U.S. aid; the general praised Naousa's garrison for bravery against the enemy...
...Reds battled their way to less than half a mile from Kiessling's famous confectionery-restaurant in the old British concession. Shells screamed down on Roosevelt Road, one of the main thoroughfares. Two members of the Nationalist garrison were executed for spreading "false" peace rumors. Then, just as suddenly as it had all started, the Reds called off their dogs-for the time being...