Word: subs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second day out, an Australian destroyer escort recorded a loud "ping" on its sonar, confirmed what Admiral Doyle had suspected: Russian submarines were keeping close tabs on U.S. naval movements. But this sub apparently was interested only in observation. Said an Australian destroyer officer later: "We held her for three minutes, but she cut through the convoy and we lost contact...
...person who belongs to a "subversive" organization or who is himself "subversive" may held office or be hired by the state or any of its political sub-divisions. This includes the University of Mississippi and the state's 20 junior colleges, as well as grammar and high schools...
Charlie Chaddigan went to France To teach the girls the hula-hula dance. Salute to the captain, bow to the queen, And touch the bottom of the sub-mo-rine...
...story of sixty men (or more) working together for one great purpose is naturally inspiring. The cruise is a little more than routine and therefore the events too are just a little more than routine. Slipping under destroyers and other Japanese ships, the sub makes its destination and gets the stuff. There is also an operation performed by a pharmacist's mate under the sea with kitchen knives, the sinking of an aircraft carrier and a destroyer, the U.S. air force in its first raid on Japan, and the stabbing of a crew member by a Japanese...
...term misread their exam schedules and show up in the right place at the wrong time, or vice versa. Most common misreading of the printed schedules seems to be the result of a sort of Freudian censorship, whereby the student replaces "9:15" by "2:15" in his sub-conscious, and never knows the difference...