Word: islanded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...knowledge that the R.A.F. was hammering at Germany's pride, as well as at her industry, was a reminder to many Britons that their own island, at any time, might suffer a revengeful onslaught from the Luftwaffe. Last week's dispatches from Moscow and London reported three new German planes in action...
...forces that had taken over the South Seas island were in a hurry. An airfield had to be built and there was a lot of work to do. Native labor on the island was short. So Captain Martin Teem sent a sergeant of Massachusetts infantry to a nearby island to round up help...
...general position was "as if the Marines held Jones Beach and the rest of Long Island were loosely dominated by the enemy." On dark nights the Japs landed more and more troops. After U.S. tanks slaughtered 700 Japs, 700 men replaced the dead. The battle, as told by Baldwin...
...most unpleasant feature of war is waiting. U.S. soldiers, sailors and marines defending Pacific outposts get along all right without much fresh food. They can stand the heat, the glare of the sun, the scarcity of beer and Coca-Cola. Unlike fighting men on islands in the western Pacific, they never see a woman-of any color. But what really annoys them is the itch for something, anything to happen. "I wouldn't mind sitting here under this gun, looking up at the sky day after day, if something would just come along sometimes," said an anti-aircraftsman after...
Furthermore, Emmons announced that recent regulations prohibit civilian flying within 60 miles of the coast, which would have forced the course to move island in any case...