Word: post
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Later at a firing-range observation post he watched heavily burdened paratroopers -850 in all-come tumbling out of the sky. Tons of ammunition and equipment hit the ground as they assembled and opened fire. In the neatest trick of the day, four C-82s dropped four huge 105 mm. howitzers and four towing jeeps. All but one gun floated safely down under billowing, 100 ft. cargo chutes, and the cannon were firing within twelve minutes after delivery...
...Johnson was not disarmed. His committee voted 7 to 0 to reject Olds's nomination and two days later the full Senate Committee of Interstate and Foreign Commerce voted 10 to 2 against Olds. It would have been more honest, observed the Washington Post, had the committee rejected him ''on the candid ground that he has been stubborn in his opposition to the utility interests...
...game was rugged all the way, with post-whistle blocking, big pileups, and flaring tempers consistent features of the second half especially. Coach Blaik of Army said afterwards that he didn't consider the game too rough!" but Army was penalized 120 yards to Harvard...
...Coast Guard Academy in New London today and tomorrow, Mike Post and Frank Scully will be racing for Harvard in the first Eastern Intercollegiate Star Class Championship. Competition will come from Cornell, Yale, Colgate, Boston College, Tufts, and the Coast Guard...
...full list of the Junior Assistant post and other information about the program is on hand at the Placement Over to Weld Halt...