Word: reared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Appointed chief of the Navy's Bureau of Ships (charged with the building and maintenance of war vessels), Captain Edward Lull Cochrane, 50, succeeding Rear Admiral Alexander H. Van Keuren...
Johnston should have been studying maps. When McClellan's Union army began to loom in the despondent winter of 1862 and Johnston decided to retreat from Manassas on Richmond, he shocked Davis by "declaring himself ignorant of the topography of the country in his rear." What shocked Johnston was to find that the secretly planned retreat was known all over Richmond. After that he drove Davis wild by keeping military secrets from...
...Dependable General, or if possible several of them, would enable Lee to carry out his careful and tactful plans. One man who had everyone's confidence was James ("Old Pete") Longstreet. In the retreat on the James peninsula, Longstreet had capably fought a rear-guard action for Johnston, complacently reporting: "My part in the battle was comparatively simple and easy, that of placing the troops in proper positions at proper times." It was a rare achievement...
...seconds behind the Fifties, Tech managed to hold a lead picked up at the Massachusetts Avenue bridge over the Terriers and crossed the line in fourth place. The smooth-water Redskins, badly troubled by big waves whipped up by a three quarter tail wind brought up the rear...
Seven Navy air captains were nominated last week for rear admirals' flags and the right to command capital-ship task forces. This is a job few air admirals have performed, although most World War II sea battles have been air-dominated. The new admirals...