Word: raids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...soldier, he dug out his old artillery maps, hung them on his office wall to help follow the fighting. He applied for active duty after Pearl Harbor, still likes to think the Army was wrong to say no. When Senate office building janitors began marking off air-raid shelters, he fetched his two rusty World War I helmets to his office, announced that he was ready to serve as warden. No planes came over Washington, so he finally stacked the helmets in his office fireplace and redoubled his efforts on the committee...
...bomber's moon on four successive nights guided aircraft of General Douglas MacArthur's command over the jungle-clothed mountains of New Guinea to Rabaul. On one raid a Jap cruiser was hit. On another a warship was driven aground. Two other warships and numerous cargo vessels also felt the sting of night raiders striking at the best deep-water harbor in the New Guinea-New Britain area...
Moment of Sentiment. For tall, trim Captain Ellis Zacharias, as he left her for Washington after five combat actions to become Assistant Chief of Naval Intelligence, the crew of the Salt Lake City had a handsome testimonial. Their scroll recalled old Swayback's great fighting career, the raid on the Marshalls, the attack on Jap-held Wake, the days & nights at "general quarters" when the enemy was hammering at them with bomb and torpedo. "We say farewell to you with a deep sense of personal loss," it concluded...
...fire-bell started its clanging, loud and persistent. We made a pretty sight, streaming into the living room in pajamas, heavy shoes, bathrobes popped by overcoats, carrying towels and rubbing our eyes. Now that we know what t do in a fire drill, we're expectantly awaiting an air raid drill. Diversions never cease...
...effort to condense five weeks of Air Raid Precautionary methods into one lecture, Clarence E. Walton, State Director of Public Education, will address a "test" audience in his lecture at 7:30 o'clock tonight in New Lecture Hall...