Word: hood
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Dunster E-24 ELI 1318 Hoffman, I. '45, Leverett F-23 KIR 1912 Hoffman, F. de '45, Lowell E-54 KIR 2090 Holland, D. T. '45, Adams C-47 KIR 2199 Holmes, J. '43, Eliot G-11 KIR 2863 Holton, F. D. '46, Leverett B-23 ELI 8475 Hood, F. C., II, '46, Adams B-27 TRO 2767 Hooper, G. '45, Eliot G-53 KIR 2856 Hornberger, J. C. '45, Lowell G-42 KIR 4725 Houston, F. A., 2nd, '44, Eliot C-43 TRO 7054 Houston, R. B. '44, Lowell E-51 KIR 1641 Howe, J. M. '45, Lowell...
Aikman followed him as he turned out over the sea', trying to get as near England as possible with his failing engine. Aikman could see him quite clearly in the cockpit. He opened his sliding hood and took off his helmet. It appeared to Aikman that he was also releasing his parachute harness. Aikman called through his radio that he was going to climb so that he would be able to fix Finucane's position when he crashed. Paddy replied: "Get as high as possible...
...goad to action was a new outbreak of rapine and train-wrecking in protest against the jailing of the Hurs' Robin Hood leader, the lecherous, pock-marked Pir of Parago (TIME, June 15). Coordinating land and air forces, the British dropped parachutists on the edge of the Sind desert. From there they moved west toward the Hurs' jungle stronghold in Makhi Dhand, the "honey swamp." A column of camelry moved in from the north. From the east, Punjab constabulary in assault boats drew the trap tighter. A motorized infantry unit completed boxing the jungle...
...long had men trained in anti-tank tactics, armed with stationary artillery to defend infantry positions, supplemented with a bag of tank-hampering tricks including "asparagus beds" (barricades) and traps borrowed from the engineers, "Molotov cocktails" learned from the Spanish, and "boom biscuits" (tank mines). At Camp Hood men learn to use all these, but most important, they are learning how to handle tank destroyers. The phrase "antitank" is disappearing in favor of "tank destroyer...
...Rommel has done even while the British have air superiority, General Bruce thinks there should be at least two, possibly four, tank-destroyer battalions with each combat division. He is quietly going about selling the idea to the Army. By autumn there will be 35,000 men at Camp Hood, and there will soon be half as many men in tank-destroyer outfits as in tanks...