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...Moscow signed a $65-$100 million military-aid program with Syria (the most far gone of Arab states) under which Syria will get two submarines (the Egyptians have just received three) and six torpedo boats, along with Communist missions to show them how to steer. Egypt and Syria are now Russia's major arms depots in the Middle East...
...apparent victory of the Zeros, Nagumo now saw a chance to save his carriers and to save Yamamoto's master campaign. During the U.S. torpedo runs, he put his men to work frantically rearming the planes for a counterstrike against the U.S. carriers. The flight decks were packed with armed, fueled planes as the big ships began turning into the wind. At 1024 the order to start launching came down from Akagi's bridge by voice tube, and the air officer flapped a white flag. At that instant, slanting and howling down at 70° out of light...
...Hiryu! With only 18 dive bombers and six Zeros, Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi of the sole surviving carrier, Hiryu, put in a sudden, sharp attack against Yorktown, losing almost all of his aircraft but scoring three hits and starting fires. At 1245 Yamaguchi threw in his last ten torpedo bombers and six fighters, remnant of Nagumo's force of 250 plus, led by a lieutenant who knew he had only enough fuel for a one-way trip. The result: slaughter for the Japanese planes by U.S. fighters and antiaircraft, but two torpedo hits on Yorktown, enough to cripple...
...impossible to re-educate them. The grave is the only cure for hunchbacks. This program is stronger than the H-bomb. If we catch up with the U.S. in per capita production of meat, butter and milk we will have hit the pillars of capitalism with the most powerful torpedo yet seen...
...checking his slip of paper, the Supreme Court is reviewing his tax case, the Justice Department is working on his deportation, and attorneys are writing briefs on infringements of his constitutional rights. Last but not least, Frank Costello and his assistant, Dandy Phil Kastel, are probably looking for a "torpedo" who weighs two hundred and thirty-five pounds, and "waddles when he walks...