Word: shore
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...plain civilians watched with fascinated concern, Army and Navy men got ready to explode the fourth atomic bomb. If the thing acted in the pattern of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they had picked a good, safe spot-Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, over 4,000 mi. from the U.S. shore. Wildlife lovers were disturbed. But Hanson Baldwin pointed out in the New York Times: "Great numbers of fish and birds will be killed . . . but they will die that man may live...
...product of wartime submarine detection research, is as curious as it is practical. A five-pound bomb, tossed into the water by the survivor, explodes under hydrostatic pressure 3,000 to 4,000 feet under sea. Sound waves, carried by the water, are picked up by three or more shore stations. By careful comparison of the arrival times of the signals, the stations can chart the position of the explosion, through triangulation...
...minutes the readings can be compared, plotted on a chart. The spot where the three bearing lines intersect is the spot where the bomb was dropped. The Navy says it can plot the bomb explosion accurately within one mile at distances up to 2,000 miles from the shore stations...
When luck has been good, the boat churns back to dock about 5 p.m., flying a white flag from an outrigger, denoting that a sailfish has been landed. The first shore stop is usually Pflueger's taxidermist, whose charge for mounting sailfish is up from $10 to $12 a foot. The small-fry albacore, kingfish, bonito, dolphin and snappers (averaging from 6 to 12 Ibs.) are mostly extra gravy for the skipper-to sell, filleted...
...themselves to the difficulties of life in the service were those who had a broad educational background. This may not be true of men in combat. I don't know anything about that. But it was true of the people who were in dull, uninspiring work on unglamorous shore duty. A person who is liberally educated-one who has a good many resources and is able to adapt himself-is in a much stronger position to stand the gaff...