Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bacon compared to the fat ham Germany got. But within that strip lies potential control of Germany's all-important Swedish iron ore supply. French Alpine troops ("Blue Devils"), sent on up from Namsos, were reported closing in at week's end to complete the half nelson clamped upon that region by the British Navy three weeks prior...
...letter to Dean Hanford. Captain John T. Nelson. U.S.N.R., said that there are many vacancies in the Supply Corps which the Navy hopes to fill "insofar as practicable with college graduates of high calibre who have demonstrated their abilities by passing successfully a probationary period...
...eligible for the Corps, an applicant must hold a college degree, be under 26 years of age, possess "officer-like qualities," pass a physical examination, and be willing to enroll in the Supply Corps Correspondence Course, which must be completed within two years, Captain Nelson stated...
...Angeles, a woman being questioned by Census Taker Albion E. Nelson glanced from her window, saw his car parked at the curb outside, said: "Your car doesn't look very good," gave him a newer car in exchange...
...four-gun turrets. They shoot 1,560-lb. shells, claim to have greater range and hitting power than earlier British 15-inchers, to be only slightly inferior to foreign 16-inchers. Their speed is over 30 knots, seven more than that of the Nelson and Rodney, completed in 1927 and hitherto Britain's most modern capital ships. Of their displacement weight, 40% is in armor, which is 16 inches thick at the water line, and they are equipped with Degaussing girdles (insulation from magnetic mines). Elated that a direct bomb hit on the 6¼-in. deck armor...