Word: martially
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will now start on Nov. 15. ¶ The committee will not waste time junketing to Pearl Harbor. ¶ All Army & Navy personnel will be free to testify without any fear of subsequent court-martial or detriment to their future promotion. ¶ The question of whether or not Cordell Hull's blast of Nov. 26, 1941 actually set off the war (as the Army Pearl Harbor Board had charged) was apparently settled; it did not. Navy Secretary Forrestal reported the finding of documents in a sunken Jap vessel which showed that the Pearl Harbor attack had been approved...
When genial, chubby-faced Jim Lucas joined the Marines, he left a reporting job on the Tulsa Tribune's courthouse beat, and his Boy Scoutmastering. He became a crack combat correspondent, got out the first story of the landing on Tarawa-and was threatened with court-martial for writing that "something suddenly appeared to have gone wrong." He covered eight Marine landings, then was sent home on a war-bond tour...
...state of siege has been declared because murder and robbery are spreading throughout the country. Every person committing or attempting to commit murder or robbery will be tried by court-martial. ... If the accused is found guilty, he will be executed within three hours...
...presenting these highlights of history, several new techniques are used. Old newsreels are made to give effective pictures of world events of the time; accompanied by vigorous martial music they create the wonderful feeling of American power without words. The pictures of the political conventions are done with a magnificent enthusiasm. Bands blare, convention heads shout, people dance about madly: Yet the effect is invigorating, and the atmosphere of the political rally is brought across perfectly...
...caught by chance-when Canadian Intelligence Corpsmen casually inquired about his identity, got answers that did not add up. This week a court-martial was still at work figuring out how much time Adrien Demers must serve...