Word: patrolling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...crippled; the time and losses would be made up. One good result of the flood was a testing of the Civilian Defense forces. From Pittsburgh to Portsmouth along the Ohio, calls brought out 100,000 people, many of whom stayed on duty 36 hours. Food centers, patrol activities, traffic routing all went smoothly in their hands. Private armies of autos and trucks reacted a thousand miniature versions of the taxicab Battle of the Marne, going wherever they were most needed. Against nature civilian defense had proved it could and would serve. Against flood and high water the war effort...
...PB2Y (patrol plane) may now be officially spoken of as the Coronado, the P-40F (fighter) the Warhawk, the SBD (dive-bomber) the Dauntless. But it was still hard to visualize a dusty, sweaty operations officer telling a pilot to "get in that Skymaster and take some food up to the boys at Buna." (Skymaster-C-54 four-engined transport...
Technicolor movies of the U. S. Mountain Troops will be shown tomorrow night at the Cadet Armory in Boston at 8:15 o'clock. "Ski Patrol" shows action shots of the ace Army schussers in training at Camp Hale, Colorado, and this showing is sponsored by the First Motor Squadron of the State Guard. Tickets can be obtained at the Coop or the door...
Hunt. As far as her would-be rescuers knew, the 3070 had vanished. Vice Admiral Adolphus A. Andrews of the Eastern Sea Frontier took personal charge of the hunt for her. British and Canadian planes, PBY planes, Flying Fortresses and patrol boats scoured the grey ocean. At last, on Dec. 9, a faint wireless voice was heard from the 3070. But she could not give her position, and before she could be located another hurricane swept along the New England coast...
...pilots, reached their target and gave the Japs a nasty surprise. From Henderson Field at dawn, four more SBDs took off on search flights, Weary leading one section, Purdum the other. They sighted five destroyers just out of range for dive-bombing attack. Other pilots took off for antisub patrol off Tulagi, to smoke out Jap land positions on northwest Guadal, to search for some lost pilots...