Word: shore
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Enemy Was Waiting. As the green-clad soldiers piled out of the boats, the Japs opened up with mortar and machine gun. Allied rocket boats darted inshore, hurling their fireballs. Destroyers smashed at shore batteries. Under the curtain, more infantry poured in. The fire of American tommy guns, machine guns, carbines and mortars grew stronger...
...spring, Boston goes to the Pops, From Beacon Hill, from Back Bay, from the North Shore, Bostonians come to drink claret lemonade, to talk to their friends, and to enjoy what is probably the best entertainment to be found in the city at this time of year...
Wedged between two gottverdammte Englander in the back seat, General Kreipe sat in military silence as the car rushed 30 miles across Crete, from the north to the south shore: The car stopped; the General and his chauffeur were hustled aboard a waiting British ship...
...described the U.S. landing at Hollandia: "A little native boy came running into our camp on that glorious morning and told us that a great grey ship with many airplanes was off the shore. We didn't dare hope, but we thought it might be the Americans. The Japs told us the ship was probably theirs, bringing in new planes and reinforcements. But we could see the Japs were worried. Later we heard that 50,000 Americans and many ships had arrived. We could see the Japs were panicky...
...WAVES have already taken over many shore jobs for the Navy. They dole out pills with a big smile in the Naval hospitals, take over desks all over America to let their male shipmates go to sea. The WAVES run control tower, pack parachutes, service planes, run ship stores, keep pay accounts and in general make themselves useful...