Word: sunk
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Japanese, said Frank Knox, lost two of their little-known, tiny two-man submarines (one sunk, one captured), one full-sized sub and 41 aircraft, including those shot down and those forced down for lack of fuel...
...Sunk one U.S. battleship, capsized another, sunk three destroyers, perhaps one submarine; sunk two British battleships...
...Philippines, the American air force was particularly active, battering at Japanese invaders huddled on the coast and at Japanese attempts to get reinforcements to their landing parties. The two Nipponese troop transports bombed brought to nine the total of enemy troop ships sunk or badly damaged off Luzon alone...
...first 36 hours of war, no actual sinkings of U.S. merchant ships were reported; though at least one SOS call was heard (700 miles from San Francisco) and some ships have undoubtedly been sunk. Insurance rates on U.S. vessels zoomed; the war risk rate to the Hawaiian Islands was 5? per $100 last week, $4 at this week's beginning...
...second half, the home forces played defensively to protect their slim two-point lead, which they kept to the end of the game. Play was so tight in the last five minutes that neither team sunk a basket...