Word: okinawa
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...tough-minded commander (Richard Widmark), whose overzealous sense of duty alienates his men (Dana Andrews et al.) until the crisis of battle finally brings them together. Its secret weapon: the work of the Navy's underwater demolition teams, the swimmers who spearheaded U.S. amphibious invasions from Sicily to Okinawa...
...Native Souvenirs. How Fisby got around the Purdy plan and built himself a miniature Utopia full of happy Okinawans is the story of Vern Sneider's nimble novel. An Army veteran with Okinawa service, Sneider has written a shrewd fantasy about the American in the uncomfortable role of conqueror...
This scene of idyllic contentment is almost destroyed when Colonel Purdy bursts in on an inspection trip, but the story works its way to a happy ending, with Fisby convincing his boss that he is not really setting himself up as Okinawa's vice king. The Teahouse of the August Moon is really a short story puffed up to novel length, but except for a slight sag in the middle, it manages to be good...
Blodgett's produce goes to 400,000 U.S. personnel in the Far East, including those on Okinawa and Guam as well as in Japan and Korea. In 1950 he grew 7,429,382 Ibs. His target for this year: 9,537,000 Ibs., or 56,236,000 servings...
MARSHALL : "Well, of course, that would immediately involve the defense of Japan -Hokkaido, in particular-attacks on our air, at the bases-probably Okinawa-and we couldn't accept that without the maximum retaliation on our part, which inevitably means a world...