Word: navale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said MacArthur, in a statement such as only he can write: "The Japanese emissaries have . . . imparted all information required. ... In my capacity as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers I shall soon proceed to Japan with accompanying forces composed of ground, naval and air elements. Subject to weather that will permit landings, it is anticipated that the instrument of surrender will be signed within ten days. ... It is my earnest hope that pending the formal. . . surrender, armistice conditions may prevail on every front and that a bloodless surrender may be effectuated...
...newly painted crimson-&-gold state coach drawn by the famed Windsor greys, Their Majesties-the King in naval uniform, the Queen in a turquoise blue suit with feathered hat to match-smiled and bowed toward the tumult. Ahead of the postilions, a State Guard of Household Cavalry clop-clopped proudly. Escorted by motorcycle outriders, the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, Lieut. Colonel Sir Terence Nugent, rode clasping a suitcase in which rested the Imperial Crown. Not since World War II began had the jewel-studded emblem left its sanctuary to be displayed...
...second Nazi submarine, the 600-ton U-977, last week popped up off the Argentine naval base of Mar del Plata. She showed the swastika flag, startled a lonely fisherman. Then Argentine war craft mothered her into port. Cracked Montevideo's El Diario: "It is surprising, this marked preference of Nazi vessels for Argentina...
...Navy is a little better: 1) some 25 experts at a laboratory at Mare Island are working on strong, lightweight legs in the one & only such Government-financed research project; 2) the dental laboratory at Philadelphia's Naval Hospital is working on natural-looking false hands; 3) Lieut. Commander Lamar W. Harris, dentist at the Navy's Bethesda, Md. medical center, announced last fortnight that he had developed a one-pound, natural-looking hand that works well...
...believe that this elevated brute... sitting on his rump on a cushion of embroidered velvet ... has seven kings of Europe, two republics, and a continent tributary to him when his whole naval force is not equal to two line-of-battle ships...