Word: naval
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chauffeur Teodoro Pérez was the complainant. During last month's inauguration of President Tomás Berreta, he picked up three U.S. bluejackets from the good-will U.S. naval squadron led by the cruiser Fresno. The sailormen slugged him and robbed...
...midnight last week two native boys finished work at Peleliu's naval compound, started home through the jungle. As they swung into the trail through the mangroves, prowlers jumped them. They dived for cover, with bullets zipping overhead. Next day they reported to the commander of Peleliu's tiny naval and Marine detachment that their attackers were Japanese guerrillas...
...captured Japanese weapons, was answered with rifle and grenade fire. The Jap strength was estimated at 50, led by a lieutenant commander, with more coming in daily from nearby Babelthuap. Alarmed by the weakness of his small, lightly armed Marine garrison, worried for the safety of the 35 naval dependents, Peleliu's commander radioed for reinforcements...
Died. William Starling Burgess, 68, famed naval architect, designer of three successful America's Cup defenders (Ranger, Rainbow, Enterprise), pioneer airman and aircraft designer (winner of the prized Collier Trophy in 1915 for developing a self-stabilizing airplane); of a heart ailment; in Hoboken...
...five engagements, to be played in as many days, will feature a two-day stand at Annapolis on Wednesday and Thursday. With the Naval Academy furnishing the opposition, the first Eastern Intercollegiate League game of the season against Penn at Philadelphia on Friday, and a journey to West Point on Saturday, when Captain Glenn Davis and his Cadet playmates will entertain the Crimson...