Word: sheathing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bayonets back in the sheath," said a Turkish private scornfully. "It was very irritating." The Turks then gave the Reds a lesson in marksmanship. Said a colonel: "When they did hit one of our men, it was in the arm or leg, always. When Turks shot Chinese-bang, right through the eyes." This boast was confirmed by a U.S. major who found scores of Chinese shot in the forehead...
...round objects turned out to be weights from a modern fishing net. A bonanza haul of large scallops had a solid market value of three shillings apiece in the London markets. But by week's end the divers had found a genuine Spanish dagger in a ten-inch sheath encrusted with rust, and two Spanish medallions...