Word: launching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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French authorities chalked up the attacks to "muscle-flexing" by some 20,000 Viet Minh troops trained and equipped in Red China during the summer. Said French Commander in Chief General Marcel Carpentier: "It is probable that Viet Minh will launch new attacks in the near future, but for the moment Viet Minh is not capable of seizing important French military positions...
...telegram offering 600,000 cans of beer absolutely free of charge. Not to be outdone, the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. offered several vatfuls of free beer, too. At that, Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, president of the W.C.T.U., rose in Denver before the 76th convention of her sisterhood to launch a heated counterattack...
...first time in the Korean fighting, General Walker had sizable ground reserves. U.S. commanders were able to launch early, effective counterattacks...
...dawn came up slowly over Korea, the admiral stepped out on his bridge and squinted into the first light. Commander Charles Kinsella, air operations officer, announced, "Make ready to launch in ten minutes." Captain W. K. ("Puss") Goodney, the carrier's captain, responded with an order to make "fox at the dip"-meaning: raise the code flag for the letter "f" (red diamond on white base)-halfway...
...running like a watch, Radford persuaded his superiors to send him to sea, fought his first major action as commander of a carrier group in the U.S. invasion of the Gilberts (Tarawa-Makin). He had a prescient hunch that the Jap carriers, fed up with heavy daytime losses, would launch an attack at night. With Lieut. Commander Edward H. ("Butch") O'Hare, famed Congressional Medal winner, Radford worked out a radar-equipped night fighter system. When -sure enough-Jap torpedo planes were reported approaching after dusk, O'Hare took off with his bat team. Two of the approaching...