Word: salvoes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...loaded into the waiting anti-submarine patrol planes. Suddenly a little blaze sprang up on one of the trailers. A station fire engine dashed up in a brave, hopeless effort to halt the fire. But before it could go into action the 24 cordite-loaded charges exploded like a salvo of blockbusters in a blinding flash and shattering concussion. The toll: 25 dead*; 249 injured. The blast and fire wrecked a hangar and eight barracks, damaged other hangars filled with aircraft. Tight-lipped Navy and FBI men began their investigations...
...force was credited with sinking two Japanese cruisers," he said. "The Japanese had bracketed the ship I was on. The first salvo struck the water on one side and the second on another. We all took a long breath waiting for the third to hit us squarely but by that time the cruiser which had been firing at us was disabled. Several times we received scares when 1,000 pound aerial bombs and torpedoes just missed our ship...
Moscow leveled big verbal guns at Que bec, let go a warning salvo: Aug. 12- "The Soviet Government did not receive an invitation to be present at the [Quebec] meeting." Aug. 20 - The Quebec conference is "serving the interests of the Anglo-American forces," but does not "express the opinion of the entire Anglo-Soviet-American coalition...
...crew of the Jeanne d'Arc, lightly armed training ship moored off Pointe-a-Pitre, the rebels took possession of the island's radio station. They got no further. Governor Sorin called on the Jeanne d'Arc's crew for assistance and got it. A salvo from the ship was enough to spread disillusion among the rebels. They scattered and fled. Valentino went into hiding. No one was hurt...
Thompson's salvo drew counterfire from N.Y.U.'s Professor Alonzo F. Myers. Said...