Word: tacloban
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...left is a carefully composed narrative that’s difficult to follow on first listen but much clarified by the album’s liner notes, which read like a script. Byrne moves his heroine from impoverished, frustrated young love on “The Rose of Tacloban,” to confidence in her femininity on “Men Will Do Anything,” to a tragic realization that she has gone unappreciated on “Why Don’t You Love Me.” It’s a strong, sure-handed...
...beach of Leyte just south of Tacloban, U.S. landing barges rust in the surf. A monument near by proclaims proudly that here in 1944, General Douglas MacArthur and the Americans landed to restore the Four Freedoms to the Philippine Islands...
...Tacloban, and in all the cities, provinces and villages of the Philippines last week, the words on the monument were put to their severest test. In an atmosphere heavy with threats, of intimidation and violence, even with talk of possible civil war, Filipinos turned out to elect a President and Vice President, a full House of Representatives and one-third of a Senate. The world looked on, wondering if U.S.-style democracy had really taken root...
...acting port director and operations officer at Tacloban failed to investigate the Indianapolis' nonarrival; their failure went unnoticed because their superior officers were not exercising proper supervision...
...Mudge, in the best tradition of Bull Swift, alerted his men against surprise Jap paratroop attacks with the stern words: "The best goddam way for a Jap to commit suicide is to land near a cavalry unit or otherwise horse around with a cavalry unit." The outfit seized Tacloban, later fought next to the veteran 32nd ("Red Arrow") in the bloody, muddy Ormoc pincers operation...