Word: harbor
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World War II: Was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Shackled to noncombat jobs until 1943, when he got a fine sea billet as captain of the new battleship Indiana in the Pacific. Proved himself a shrewd and relaxed combat officer. Once, when warned by the captain of the ancient Tennessee ("Old Blisterbutt") about making too much smoke, he coolly signaled back: "Smoke unavoidable. Forced to cut out the boilers and burn garbage to slow down to your speed." In 1944, promoted to rear admiral and assigned to MacArthur's theater; led an amphibian group safely through...
Nevertheless, as it stood, it was one of the most remarkable propositions in the history of wars; no victorious nation had ever presented to a beaten enemy such magnanimous terms after so savage a fight. Instead of a lash, it poured out ointment. It forgave Pearl Harbor. The idea was as revolutionary as Christianity itself. A "particular opportunity" had been grasped and, as a result (Dulles hoped), an astute offensive had been launched in Asia...
Pastor Dulles' Eldest. Around the turn of the century, people living along Lake Ontario's Henderson Harbor would sometimes see a stirring sight: Pastor Allen Macy Dulles, wife and five children, having been to church, lustily singing such Protestant hymns as "Work, for the Night...
...Korean battlefront came new evidence of the enemy buildup. In a week of careful probing, U.N. patrols identified two new Red armies (some 150,000 men) in the line. On the east-central flank, massed Red guns swept Eighth Army patrols off a strategic hill. Allied warships plastering Wonsan harbor for the 161st straight day encountered more powerful shore batteries. U.N. jet fighters were pounced on by MIGs, freshly equipped with wing fuel tanks which would enable them to operate far behind allied lines. Hundreds of Russian-made tanks maneuvered north of Kaesong...
Last week, as the ninth troopship nosed into the harbor, Seattle's outraged matrons had their way. The band was still there and free steak dinners for the boys, but no cancans, no hulas, no cheesecake...