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The XPT-3 became the XPT-5 when fitted with the Curtiss Challenger R-600 two-row six-cylinder radial engine, but was soon converted to PT-3 standard. [2] The PT-3 aircraft were superseded by the Boeing PT-13 Stearman starting in 1937, but a number were still operational with the Spartan Flying School in Tulsa Oklahoma into the middle of World ...
They Were Expendable is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed.The film is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by William Lindsay White, relating the story of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a United States PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion during the Battle of ...
The convoy's trip proceeded smoothly as far as Atlanta, but, as it moved west into Tennessee, its progress slowed. Detours became necessary due to flooding and the crossing of the "black gumbo" of the Mississippi River proved very problematic. Despite high hopes, the Southern United States proved to be the worst part of the trip.
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Thuras and Foer met in 2007, and soon discussed ideas for a different kind of atlas, featuring places not commonly found in guidebooks. [7] They hired a web designer in 2008 and launched Atlas Obscura in 2009. [7] Annetta Black was the site's first senior editor. [8]
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The squadron made the 1,385 mile trip under their own power, then the longest made by PT boats to date [3] refueling at Necker Island, French Frigate Shoals, and Lisianski Island. [5] 11 of the 12 PT boats of MTBRON 1 made it to Midway (PT-23 had broken a crankshaft en route and was forced to return to Pearl Harbor).
This is a list of presidential trips made by Donald Trump during 2020 and early 2021, the final years of his first presidency as the 45th president of the United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , travel and many in-person meetings were curtailed and replaced with telephone calls and virtual meetings .