Word: van
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There the President beamed, told "Van" that he had read the speech and found it good, that it helped clear the atmosphere. Thoughtful citizens, aware that Britain and Russia are already well along on the work of fixing Germany's postwar boundaries and on laying out their own kind of postwar security, hoped that the atmosphere had not been cleared too late...
...Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, commander of the U.S. Ninth Air Force, had popped into the headquarters of 40-year-old Major General Elwood Ricardo Quesada, head of one of the Ninth's chief components-the IX Tactical Air Command, whose fighter bombers were stationed back of the First Army. "Van" Vandenberg and "Pete" Quesada went over reports, decided that this was the real thing. The immediate task was to muster every fighter bomber into attacks, to impede Rundstedt's armored spearheads. Generals Van and Pete faced hard facts: 1) at many places air power alone stood between the German...
...Seconds Over Tokyo (Van Johnson, Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker; TIME...
...Seconds Over Tokyo (Van Johnson, Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker; TIME...
General Doolittle's role is short to offer more than a glimpse of Spencer Tracy. Lieutenant Lawson is the central figure of the story; as Lawson, Van Johnson proves that in addition to having a deceptively easy manner, this gentleman can really act. Phyllis Thaxter, a relatively new lady of the screen, delivers a genuinely convincing performance in the part of Lawson's young wife. Lawson's tail-gunner, Robert Walker, again portrays Robert Walker and again well...