Word: islanded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twice the Italian garrison had been invited to surrender. Admiral Gino Pavesi, senior Italian officer, and his men clung to Pantelleria's 32 sq. mi. of volcanic rock. Each refusal increased the tempo of attack. First the Spadillo airfield was blown to bits. Then the island's one good harbor, a nest for E-boats and submarines harassing the Sicilian straits, was smashed. Low-flying planes bounced their bombs down ramps leading to underground hangars. "Pattern bombing" crushed gun emplacements...
From June 1, the U.S. and British cascaded 7,000,000 lb. of bombs on the island. On the 18th day of attack more bombs were dropped than had been loosed on Tunisia, Sicily, Sardinia and the Italian mainland during the entire month of April. On that day, while Allied fighters sent at least 37 Axis planes screaming into the sea, Allied bomber traffic was so heavy that pilots had to circle about, trying to keep out of each other's way while waiting their turn to sight their targets...
...Wake Island" but plenty of action...
...place: New York's Randalls Island...
...canny Ken Sells. To round up talent, he released Jimmy Hamilton from his job as Cub scout. The design of a suit able uniform he put into the capable hands of famed Poster Artist Otis Shepard, who is responsible for famed Wrigley pixies, car cards, and glamorizing of Catalina Island...