Word: richmond
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Furthermore, the No. 1 amphibious U.S. commander in the South Pacific was somewhere last week on an undisclosed assignment. When Rear Admiral Theodore Wilkinson took over amphibious operations in the Solomons, he relieved Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner. "Terrible" Turner, who carried out the landings on Guadalcanal, the Russells and New Georgia, would be expected to pop up again suddenly and violently, probably somewhere along the flank of the Jap's easternmost defenses...
They picked Richmond, Virginia, because they liked the sound of the name in Russian; and shortly afterwards they set sail. They had only been here a little while when all Russia was turned upside down by the Russian Revolution, and so they decided not to go back...
...Cornet led a parody on the faculty members, including one on himself, after which Lt. Anspach, concert led a parody on the faculty members, including one on himself, after which Lt. Anspach, concert pianist, played two selections of a more serious nature. Lt. Tirico and Mrs. Anita Clarke Richmond each sang several selections and a duet, Lt. Tirico included a love song called "Les Trois Fils D'Or" by Colonel Fox, accompanied by Mrs. Biggs on the piano and Colonel Fox on the violin...
Dale's Tale. In Richmond Ind., the parents of Dale Allen Hawley, aviation machinist's mate, received a letter from him : "After leaving where we were before we left for here, not knowing we were coming here from there, we couldn't tell whether we had arrived here or not. . . .The weather here is just as it always is at this season. The people are just like they look. I had better close now before I give too much valuable military information...
Command. Much credit for the combined operations at New Georgia will undoubtedly go to 58-year-old, high-domed Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, commander of the amphibious forces in the South Pacific. "Terrible" Turner commanded the task forces of occupation in the first U.S. attacks in the Solomons, received the Distinguished Service Medal for it. "If you want something tough done, call on Turner," is a Navy adage, one reason why he was selected to coordinate sea, air and land forces in island warfare. He foresaw the importance of submarines in a U.S.-Japanese war, was a prophet...