Word: tanked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lost Mantle. A reserve officer, Lodge was called back to active duty briefly in 1942, and was sent to Libya with three tank crews for battle training with the British-the first Senator to see combat since the Civil War. Re-elected later the same year, he became restive. Early in 1944, he resigned from the Senate and went on active duty. He served in Italy and Southern France, doing staff work and using his linguistic abilities for liaison with the U.S.'s allies. He returned home with six battle stars and the Bronze Star (for bravery...
Hitting a tank with a 16-in. shell from a battleship's main battery is something like potting a mouse with an elephant gun. It isn't often done-but when it is, there isn't much left of the mouse...
Result: direct hits on two Communist gun emplacements, one T-34 tank. Said an observer: "With what's left of that baby [the tank], they can't even make carpet tacks...
...dusty road north of Seoul last week, a U.N. tank commander leaned against the tread of his bulky Patton and read an order to his men: "During the remainder of the armistice negotiations, every effort will be made to avoid casualties and to demonstrate our willingness to honor a cease-fire." The lieutenant went on with specifications: no more combat patrols, artillery to be used only for counterbattery fire, the infantry to fight only to repel an attack. When he had finished, a sergeant asked: "What does this mean, lieutenant?" Answered the officer: "It means just what it says...
...arms makers were less punctual in their deliveries to Canada. The Canadian army announced last week that despite the long-range program to standardize Canadian and U.S. arms, it will equip its 27th Brigade armored squadron in Germany with British-made Centurion tanks. Reason: the U.S. cannot promise delivery on a Canadian order placed last spring for 60 of the U.S. Army's M-47 medium tanks. The British agreed to supply 60 Centurions, standard medium tank of the Royal Armored Corps, in the near future...