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Word: sunk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Japanese battleship Haruna, with 980 or more officers and men aboard, was bombed, set afire and sunk off Luzon Island by American Army bombers...

Author: By United Press, | Title: One Jap Battleship Sunk, Another Hit, In U. S. Attack | 12/12/1941 | See Source »

...United Press listening post at San Francisco heard the Tokyo radio claim that a Japanese submarine sunk a 15,000 ton American Army transport off Manila Harbor...

Author: By (united Press.), | Title: War Department May Ask Congress To Expand Draft Age Limits to 18-44 | 12/10/1941 | See Source »

...Navy: "Probably one-fourth of the famous submarine fleet has been sunk. Surface vessels hug the harbors because of lack of oil, disrepair and a healthy respect for British gun power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Working, Breeding, Enduring | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

...This explains why the old plan in rigid tests in all subjects over two or three years has sunk to 8% of the accepted students of the Class of 1945, and why modifications have taken place in the other methods of admission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gummere Reveals Change In Entrance Requirements | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

...Germans said their subs had not only sunk the Ark, but had damaged the Malaya, back from a three-month convalescence in Brooklyn Navy Yard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Where Is the Ark Royal? | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

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