8.SlangOne that is excellent or superior. Used withthe. 9.Chiefly British Slang a.A large amount of money. b.A great success. v.bombed,bomb·ing,bombs v.tr. To attack, damage, or destroy with or as if with bombs. v.intr.
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the Doolittle raid bombers met several formations of training aircraft, but no fighters, and no anti-aircraft fire. Their surprise was perfect. It was noon, and Doolittle climbed to 1200ft and dropped his first bomb over the center of Tokyo. Soon after all the other bombers bombed their targ...
Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor less than a year ago and the Captain of the attack submarine knew that Americans were watching their coast line for ships and aircraft that might attack our country. Dawn was approaching; the first rays of the sun were flickering off the periscopes lens. Their ...
Nagasaki after the atomic bombNagasaki, Japan, in September 1945, about one month after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city. The ruins of the Mitsubishi steel and armaments plant are visible in the distance. 2 of 3 Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, after the atomic bombRuins in Nagasaki,...
Japan. Chiang Kai-shek speaks. Hordes of Chinese emigrate to the West carrying their belongings with them. Reel 5 shows the establishment of the new Chinese capitol at Chungking. Air raid shelters are dug; the city is bombed. The reel shows an underground factory, fires being fought, ...
Norman Cousins referred to the atomic bomb as a "radiological assault on human tissue," a description that captures not only the immediate suffering of the survivors but also the prolonged onslaught of atomic bomb-related illnesses and fatalities. Before the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, ...
the temple was bombed and destroyed but was rebuilt later. Today, it is a symbol of rebirth and peace to the Japanese people. In the courtyard there is a tree that is a similar symbol to the temple itself. During the air raid, it was hit by a bomb but has regrown in the husk of...
Sixteen B52s dropped bombs on Japan’s capital and on other targets on the island of Honshu. The fact that the Japanese homeland was vulnerable to aerial attacks came as a huge shock to the people, and some form of retaliation was demanded. In October 2014, an unexploded balloon bomb was...
I saw Shaw when I was being transferred from Cabanatuan to Japan. He got back home after the war, but died, and Egner has died since. Stirni was killed when we got bombed in Taiwan. BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR, DECEMBER 1941 - MAY 1942 When the standby crew and I got the Research over...