Word: sworded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...something different. During mopping-up operations a detachment of marines on amphibious tractors saw seven Japanese off-shore on a coral reef and drove out to get them. As the amphtracks approached, six of the Japs knelt down on the reef. Then the seventh, apparently an officer, drew a sword and began methodically to hack at the necks of his men. Four heads had rolled into the sea before the marines closed in. Then the officer, sword in hand, charged the amphtracks. He and the remaining two Japs were mowed down...
...Poland east of Warsaw, was almost encircled at week's end, and Red artillery was pulverizing its garrison. Joseph Stalin & Co. would no doubt find a saturnine pleasure in dictating peace terms at Brest-Litovsk. It was there, on March 3, 1918, that the Kaiser's men, "sword in hand," laid down their harsh peace terms to the representatives of Trotsky and Lenin...
...Peace but a Sword. The new Cabinet, strongest in 20 years, means not peace but a sharper sword. Its one objective is victory, Japanese style. Said Koiso: "I hope to attain our objective in close collaboration with our allies...
...lefthander-looked cautiously under the little house. He tossed a grenade, then pounced like a cat over the rice bags into the crib and fired a burst of four or five from his Browning. Another man followed him in and soon came out with an officer's sword...
...asked the southpaw why he didn't get the sword himself. He said: "I let my buddy have it. I can't carry any more.'' He pointed to his pack which he had laid on the ground. There were three samurai swords hung...