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Word: sinhung (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...large corrugated metal shed. Inside, the leather-jacketed crews for ten U.S. Air Force B-29s crowded into the briefing room. "Gentlemen," said the major, as he laid his pointer on a ten-foot map of Japan and Korea, "our target for tonight is the rail bridge at Sinhung." Said the captain: "You'll each be carrying forty 500-pound bombs with nose fuses . . . Flak is expected to be meager until the release point. We don't believe it is radar-controlled and we don't think it will be accurate." Said the colonel: "We clobbered them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Warning Siren | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

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