| 单词 | landing craft |
| 例句 | There was a tradition back then of serving every Marine a T-bone steak, eggs and biscuits with lots of gravy, and as much coffee as he could drink before getting onto his landing craft. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That way the landing craft could make a quick run back out to sea once everyone was off. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That meant we would be called upon to attack the beaches, jumping out of boats and landing craft. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The French coast was bombarded with 5,500 tons of bombs during the night, and then, at six in the morning, the first landing craft came ashore. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Dozens of landing craft were broached and stranded, some so badly damaged by the surf and the coral reef that they’d have to be towed back for repair. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We were almost three miles from shore and our landing craft only went eight knots an hour. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton was thinking back to his early navy days, to his time in the landing craft. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We were slowly making our way toward our eight landing craft, ready for the signal to board. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t think straight about anything that had happened since the landing craft had ground onto the coral reef. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Some of the Marines on our landing craft cheered. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t known he was in the landing craft with me, but it must have been his hand on my shoulder, urging me forward as we hit the beach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t look smooth enough to park a baby buggy, much less our landing craft Eagle. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning, late in November, two PTs came in escorting a landing craft that had just rescued some Marines who had been trapped on a riverbank. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The navy coxswain was still exerting himself, cursing and ramming the throttle back and forth, to free the landing craft from the reef. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When he wasn’t lowering landing craft, he was in one himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The boat thrummed under him, and he saw that they were running alongside three other landing craft immediately off to the left. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “British landing craft are engaged in combat with German naval units,” according to the BBC. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z More than anything, that was what my newly enlisted father, Seaman 2nd Class Milton Stephanides, looked like as he bounced in a landing craft off the California coast in the fall of 1944. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was Milton’s job—luckily so far only in maneuvers—to lower the landing craft off the side of the transport ship. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When a shot of a landing craft in Peleliu proved especially difficult, Sullivan outsourced it to a visual effects provider in China that put in more boats and other elements. How HBO spent more than $200 million on "Pacific" 2010-08-27T05:37:00Z Lindblad Expeditions will introduce its first newly built ship, the 100-guest National Geographic Quest, in June in the Inside Passage of Alaska, with kayaks, paddle boards and landing craft for ventures into the wild. Getting Around by Rail, Sail or Foot 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Reading it is like watching someone on a Vespa pull up alongside an Allied landing craft left over from D-Day. Books of The Times: ‘The New Mind of the South,’ by Tracy Thompson 2013-04-23T17:04:03Z Listen to the story of Andrew Jackson Higgins, who learned his skills building boats to navigate the state’s backwaters and went on to design the famed D-Day landing craft. 3 Must-Sees at the World War II Museum 2012-01-18T15:50:03.177Z A boat with a prow that lowered like a landing craft’s was tied up, waiting for its next assault on one of Saranac’s islands or peninsulas. Paddling through a painterly landscape in New York’s Adirondack Park 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Over the next few hours, the men of the Western Task Force began shouldering 60-pound packs and descending rope ladders into the landing craft below. George S. Patton sailed off to save the world 75 years ago — and read these novels on the way 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z When the men jump out of their landing craft into the water, Spielberg’s camera dives in with them. A Forgotten D Day Film 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Gesner was 19 when he landed on the beach at Normandy, ducking through the waves from the side of a landing craft. Harry Gesner, Architect of Soaring California Style, Dies at 97 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The museum also plans to restore the last surviving D-Day landing craft in time for the 75th anniversary in 2019. What’s new in Britain and Ireland for 2018 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z As an officer on an infantry landing craft, he took part in the invasions of Normandy and southern France before being posted to Enewetak atoll in preparation for an invasion of Japan. 2010-01-30T05:31:00Z He gets to and from the mainland instead in his 30-foot, aluminum landing craft. The ‘other’ San Juan islanders go their own way 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The diners jettison their weighted belts before swimming underneath and up into the pod that looks like a cross between a lunar landing craft and a giant spaceman's helmet. Belgian entrepreneur invites you to scuba dive to dinner 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Sixteen tons of equipment were ferried 450 miles from the Firth of Clyde to Hoy in army landing craft to allow the programme to be filmed and broadcast live. Boy, aged seven, climbs Old Man of Hoy sea stack 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The navy also has about 40 support craft and 250 landing craft. Explainer: New submarines and nuclear drones: Why is North Korea developing its navy? 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Navy took over the property for storage of landing craft that was to be used in the Pacific theater. Golden Gate Fields racetrack in Northern California to close this fall 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Following intense training in Scotland, he found himself with 85 others boarding a 186ft landing craft in Portsmouth headed for the Normandy coast, 79 years ago. D-Day veteran Les Budding, 97, tells of first-wave role 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It will culminate in the deployment of a landing craft onto a seventh, rare “red” asteroid that scientists say may hold insight into the building blocks of life on Earth. UAE announces groundbreaking mission to asteroid belt, seeking clues to life’s origins 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z After initially training on motor gun boats at Portland, Mr Gaines transferred to become a petrol stoker on landing craft. D-Day veteran Edward Gaines from Poole dies aged 98 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The simulation even involved rocket launchers being shipped to the beaches using amphibious landing craft. Living on the frontlines of a US-China flashpoint 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The plan is to provide a replacement ferry as soon as possible but, due to tidal flows, it needs to be the appropriate landing craft. MoD could be asked to provide lifeline Corran ferry 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z The ship's welldeck, which can be flooded to provide direct access to the sea, allows it to launch and recover landing craft and other amphibious vehicles, the U.S. military said. US amphibious assault ship joins drills in South Korea 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The Scots Guards were dropped off by the Royal Navy on to landing craft five hours from shore, and were almost hit by another British ship. Falklands War: Sir Galahad troops 'were sitting ducks' 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Others argue for a more flexible force, heavily armed with land-based missile systems to target enemy ships, planes and landing craft. US to sell Taiwan anti-tank system amid rising China threat 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Archer’s plan involves a battery-powered vertical takeoff and landing craft with six propellers, holding four passengers and a pilot. Electric air taxi company Archer plans $118M Georgia factory 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, a Higgins landing craft like those used by U.S. and allied forces storming France’s Normandy Beach on D-Day emerged on the reservoir’s shore. Climate Change Is Adding Urgency to Archaeology 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Then he spotted it, plainly visible and partly exposed: a remarkably preserved 36-foot military landing craft. How Did a World War II ‘Ghost Boat’ End Up in a Shallow Lake in California? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z First, some of their landing craft failed to show up, and the regiment was separated on their way to Bluff Cove. Falklands War: Sir Galahad troops 'were sitting ducks' 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Highlights of the visit included a demonstration of amphibious landing craft while she was on a jetty, and a parachute jump in formation that landed right in front of her. Queen Elizabeth II: 'Absolutely charming' on Royal Marine visit 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Two years later he was a crewman onboard a landing craft carrying 200 soldiers into battle on D-Day. Stories of UK’s disappearing World War II generation 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Athens says it needs to defend the islands — many of which lie close to Turkey’s coast — against a potential attack from Turkey’s large fleet of military landing craft. Turkey says Greece harassed its jets during NATO mission 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z “These landing craft were used in every amphibious invasion of World War II,” Mr. Meyer said. How Did a World War II ‘Ghost Boat’ End Up in a Shallow Lake in California? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Although they weren’t deployed to fight on the front lines, they performed the essential duty of offloading ammunition and munitions from landing craft to the beaches and then farther inland. Opinion | ‘They are Marines, period’ 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Bottoming out could damage the landing craft and must be avoided at all costs. Calculus, Volume 3 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z The soldiers were able to scramble ashore, but the landing craft was stranded for thee hours as the crew made emergency repairs under enemy fire. Stories of UK’s disappearing World War II generation 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The fire that engulfed the Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship that was designed to carry thousands of Marines and deploy them from landing craft and helicopters, began when it was docked and undergoing renovations. Navy Punishes More Than 20 Sailors Over Fire on the Bonhomme Richard 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The landing craft had at one point been so far underwater that the park service sent divers to the site beginning in 2006. Drought-stricken Lake Mead's receding waters reveal a sunken WWII-era vessel 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z A wartime landing craft, buried underground for 74 years, has gone on show and could be fully restored by next year, volunteers have said. Crowland WWII Buffalo LVT on show after restoration 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z About 18,000 Marines stormed the atoll, which had been fortified by the Japanese, but their landing craft hit reefs far from shore, and the Marines had to wade in through withering machine gun fire. DNA Can Now Identify Unknown Soldiers. It Also Reveals Tangles of Old Mistakes. 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Ukraine claimed this month to have used an armed drone to destroy another Russian vessel near Snake Island, this one a Serna-class landing craft. Young Ukrainian designer puts his stamp on the country's war effort 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z One of the ships seen in the images from Planet Labs PBC appeared to be a landing craft. Russia pounds Ukraine’s vital port of Odesa, Mariupol plant 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The images from Planet Labs PBC showed one appearing to be a landing craft off to its east, another was a ship with two smaller rafts near it. Live updates | Ukraine: Russia could target chemical sites 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z A Planet Labs image from Saturday showed most of the island’s buildings, as well as what appeared to be a Serna-class landing craft, destroyed by Ukrainian drone attacks. Dozens feared dead after Russian bomb levels Ukraine school 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The only problem: The rover has neither a ride to the Red Planet nor a landing craft to get it safely to the surface. Europe fights to keep Mars rover alive after split with Russia 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z The timing of the photos correspond with what the Ukrainian navy described as a successful attack that saw a Russian landing craft ferrying armored vehicles to the city sink off the port. Live updates: Finland to suspend trains to St Petersburg 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The payload, a European-built rover and a Russian landing craft, was due to launch in September on a Russian Proton rocket; instead, ESA is considering the European Ariane 6, which is under development. News at a glance: Webb telescope looking sharp, Omicron’s burden, and statues of female scientists 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The moon landing mission will require the use of a separate landing craft, the giant Starship rocket built by SpaceX. NASA’s Giant Moon Rocket Reaches the Launchpad for the First Time 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The United States also observed increased naval activity by Russian forces in the Black Sea, including by armored landing craft. Pentagon dials up size, scope of Ukrainian military aid 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Russian landing craft have been seen off the coast, and several aircraft reportedly shot down. Ukraine: Preparing to defend Odesa 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Four days later, on July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin boarded a landing craft named Eagle. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of planes, ships, tanks, and landing craft and more than three million troops awaited the order to attack. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Russia said Tuesday that it had dispatched six large landing craft to the Black Sea region, a development that made U.S. officials particularly wary. Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know about the fears of war 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Last April, Russia dispatched its Caspian Flotilla to the waters around Ukraine for exercises and left behind several large landing craft. Russian Troops in Final Stages of Readiness Add to Worries for Ukraine 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Sweden is not a member of the Nato defence alliance but said it was responding to three Russian landing craft moving into the Baltic Sea through Denmark's Great Belt Strait. Sweden drones: Sightings reported over nuclear plants and palace 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Sweden, which is not part of NATO, has among other things noticed a number of landing craft from Russia’s northern navy which have been entering the Baltic Sea. Swedes step up military contingency, see no imminent threat 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z And a Japanese company, ispace, is working on a landing craft for carrying a variety of cargo, including a rover from the United Arab Emirates, to the moon’s surface. Big Rockets, Massive Asteroids and More Space Highlights for 2022 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z After offloading the Parachute Regiment to landing craft, the Canberra travelled to South Georgia to convey Welsh Guards and Gurkhas to the Falklands. How Falklands War and rugby led to 40-year friendship 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z For the first mission to land on the Moon in the 2020s, known as Artemis-3, Orion will dock with a landing craft - expected to be Elon Musk's Starship - in lunar orbit. Nasa's Orion spacecraft: A guide 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z “The Yushen class can carry a large number of landing craft, troops, armored vehicles, and helicopters.” Pentagon: China’s navy is now world’s largest with 460 warships by 2030 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z As they approached Walcheron Island, bombs started to rain down and several landing craft were hit. WW2 hero dog celebrated with statue in Strathaven 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Twitter that the USS Arlington naval vessel was en route to Haiti carrying helicopters, a surgical team and a landing craft to assist in the relief effort. Anger and despair rise in Haiti, one week after devastating quake 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Navy amphibious warfare ship, the USS Arlington, was expected to head for Haiti on Wednesday with a surgical team and landing craft. Injured in Haiti’s quake continue to show up at hospitals 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z A crewman jumped in, swam back to the landing craft with Recruit Jones, and tried to resuscitate him. Cornwall Royal Marines death prompts sea depths checks 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z The amphibious ships are deployed with marines and equipped with air-cushioned landing craft, helicopters, tanks, and armored vehicles. Pentagon: China’s navy is now world’s largest with 460 warships by 2030 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Khan pulled the soldier from the sea off the Netherlands after German forces bombed their landing craft in 1944. WW2 hero dog celebrated with statue in Strathaven 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z The unnamed landing craft carries a rover, which was named Zhurong, after a god of fire in Chinese folk tales. China’s Mars Rover Mission Lands on the Red Planet 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z On the evening of June 5, 1944, he boarded a landing craft at Warsash, England, to cross the channel to France. Hubert Faure, French commando who landed on beaches of Normandy, dies at 106 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, the Russian military issued a news release to announce the redeployment of the naval landing craft closer to Ukraine, in case anybody was curious. In Russia, a military buildup that can’t be missed 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Curt Jackson used his aluminum landing craft to ferry nurses and a load of vaccine to the village of Seldovia through heavy seas in Kachemak Bay. Rural Alaska presents challenges for vaccine distribution 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Curt Jackson used his aluminum landing craft to ferry nurses and a load of vaccine to the village of Seldovia through heavy seas in Kachemak Bay. Rural Alaska presents challenges for vaccine distribution 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The orbiter then rose and returned to its parking orbit about half an hour after the separation, to provide relay communication for the landing craft combo, the Chinese space agency told Global Times. China’s Mars Rover Mission Lands on the Red Planet 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z There is a landing craft that ferried men to the beach on D-Day. A dead soldier’s rifle and a trove of artifacts to debut in new Army museum 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z His landing craft came under heavy German fire and hit a mine as it approached Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. He saved scores of lives on D-Day. Lawmakers say he was passed over for the Medal of Honor because he was Black. 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z His landing craft exploded after hitting a mine and he was wounded. Bill would give Black WWII medic posthumous Medal of Honor 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The last surviving D-Day tank landing craft is making its final journey. D-Day craft making final journey after revamp 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z In 2017, 14 Marines and one Navy sailor were hospitalized after their vehicle hit a natural gas line at the camp, igniting a fire that engulfed the landing craft. Search continues for 8 missing after Marine craft sinks 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z One scene depicts soldiers scrambling down a cargo net into a landing craft during the second wave ashore on D-Day, June 6, 1944. A dead soldier’s rifle and a trove of artifacts to debut in new Army museum 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z In 2017, 14 Marines and one Navy sailor were hospitalized after their vehicle hit a natural gas line, igniting a fire that engulfed the landing craft at Camp Pendleton. Search stretches on for 8 missing after Marine craft sinks 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The fire was first reported in a lower cargo area where seafaring tanks and landing craft are parked. Sailors fighting to save burning San Diego warship 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z The fire was first reported in a lower cargo area where seafaring tanks and landing craft are parked. Sailors fighting to save burning San Diego warship 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z The site was where Andrew Jackson Higgins built the landing craft that Dwight D. Eisenhower later said won the war. COVID-19 puts National WWII Museum 20th anniversary online 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z An officer in the landing craft wears a wristwatch set to the time of the second wave: 7:55 a.m. A dead soldier’s rifle and a trove of artifacts to debut in new Army museum 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Unlike the major advances that the Allies undertook for the D-Day landings – which included gliders, landing craft and even an artificial harbor – the German developments were on a far smaller scale, but were still significant. The Battle of the Bulge: German deception and advanced weapons couldn't turn the tide of the war 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Gdsm Edwards, of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, was aboard the fated landing craft when it was bombed by Argentine warplanes on 8 June 1982, leading to the deaths of 48 soldiers and crewman. Remembering loved ones who died in conflict 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Video of expedition members encountering an angry walrus that attacked their inflatable landing craft went viral last month. Melting glaciers reveal five new islands in the Arctic 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The boat dispatched a smaller inflatable landing craft in shallow waters off of Wilczek Island to bring researchers ashore near Cape Heller. Russian navy boat sinks in Arctic Sea after walrus attack: reports 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z A British navy ship was sending in aid on a landing craft, including blankets and 500 boxes of ration packs to feed families of four. Hurricane Dorian: death toll sure to rise as shattered Bahamians wait for aid 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z It also took over the former home of Christensen Yachts in Vancouver, Washington, to build new landing craft for the Army, a $1 billion contract. Vigor’s latest chapter underscores the crisis of American shipbuilding 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The company is now a major player in the Pacific Northwest, building Washington State ferries and landing craft for the U.S. Leading Pacific Northwest shipbuilder acquired by East Coast investor 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The main module in the Sirius experiment was docked to a small landing craft, where four of the crew spent 10 days. Russian Moon project leaves crew hungry for steak 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The letter describes how Woodson was wounded while still on his landing craft but spent the next 30 hours saving lives on the beach. Push to posthumously give black soldier D-Day Medal of Honor 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z In the Aerospace school, students worked on designing models of a lunar landing craft - paying homage to the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Learning the ropes at Fairchild’s STEM Camp 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z It is the ramp of a Higgins landing craft — just like the one that nearly killed him 75 years ago. For D-Day survivor, perhaps last trip to Omaha Beach 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z In February, the company opened a new 400-person plant in Vancouver, Wash., to service its $1 billion Army contract for the landing craft. Leading Pacific Northwest shipbuilder acquired by East Coast investor 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z It was the ramp of a Higgins landing craft — just like the one that nearly killed him 75 years ago. For D-Day survivor, perhaps last trip to Omaha Beach 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z He spoke to The Associated Press in 1994 about how his landing craft hit a mine on the way to Omaha Beach. Push to posthumously give black soldier D-Day Medal of Honor 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z In the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, thousands of American soldiers crawled down swaying cargo nets and thudded into steel landing craft bound for the Normandy coast. The Man Who Told America the Truth About D-Day 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Speaking to Harris Faulkner of "Outnumbered Overtime," Mastrangelo described landing on Omaha Beach in German-occupied France and nearly drowning when he left the landing craft. D-Day veteran recounts Normandy invasion and his unit's grim duty of collecting the fallen 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The weather wasn't ideal on June 6, resulting in Allied paratroopers landing miles off target while rough seas caused some landing craft to capsize, but the Germans were caught off guard! How D-Day technology made Operation Overlord a success 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Then, as day broke, warships pounded German positions before hundreds of landing craft disgorged the infantry troops under a barrage of machine-gun fire and artillery. Trump, Macron honour D-Day veterans who fought through "fires of hell" 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z His ship was a tank landing craft, and his beach was Utah. Opinion | Remembering the courage and sacrifice in World War II 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Earll, a dairy farmer’s son from northwestern Pennsylvania, was 19 when the ramp on his landing craft went down and he splashed ashore at 7 a.m. with men from the 29th Division’s 116th Regiment. 75 years after D-Day, veteran still wonders why he was spared 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z In the early hours, more than 160,000 troops from the Allied nations boarded more than 5,000 vessels and landing craft that ferried them to the heavily fortified beaches of France. North Carolina editorial roundup 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z However, the overall importance of Operation Bodyguard remains one of debate, and some of the efforts may not have been necessary – notably the decoy landing craft and tanks. D-Day deception: How phantom armies and fake information helped win the Battle of Normandy 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Low cloud would mean no air cover and rough seas could sink landing craft. The 'weathermen' who helped save D-Day 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Joseph Brader, 93, from St. Louis, was serving with the 1st Army VII Corps as an engineer when ordered to drive his jeep off a landing craft in the early hours of D-day. U.S. veterans find a warm welcome in Normandy 75 years after D-day 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z “Washburn” — Noel P., his 21-year-old squad leader, cut down in front of him as they came off the landing craft on D-Day. 75 years after D-Day, veteran still wonders why he was spared 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Myriad naval vessels and landing craft gathered at a location in the Channel dubbed "Piccadilly Circus". What were the D-Day landings? 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Collins' landing craft as it hit the beach. Suddenly it's D-Day again; aging veterans recall invasion 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Collins’ landing craft as it hit the beach. Suddenly it’s D-Day again; aging veterans recall invasion 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z With a flamethrower strapped to his back, Pickett was wounded when an explosion tore at the landing craft transporting him onto a beach which was sprayed by German machine-gun and artillery fire. Chasing demons: 75 years on, D-Day haunts, drives its vets 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Earll had placed himself at the front of his landing craft that morning as it plunged through the stormy channel toward the beach, drenching him in seawater. 75 years after D-Day, veteran still wonders why he was spared 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z After landing at 11am on a small landing craft, he had to wait for the rest of his battalion to come. D-day remembered: a series of interviews on the 75th anniversary 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Six replica landing craft installations made of concrete and used for training US troops at Braunton Burrows in Devon are now listed. D-Day landmarks listed for 75th anniversary 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z He fell off the ramp of his landing craft into an underwater shell hole. ‘The sea around was red with blood, but you had to keep going’: D-day veterans attend their last big gathering 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Plucked out of the water by another landing craft, he was hospitalized in England and then returned to Normandy, where he fought in the dense hedgerows that slowed the Allied advance and was injured again. Chasing demons: 75 years on, D-Day haunts, drives its vets 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z When the ramp of Earll’s landing craft went down, the water was knee deep. 75 years after D-Day, veteran still wonders why he was spared 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z As troops disembarked, a shell hit one of the tanks on the landing craft, immobilising it and blocking the craft’s exit ramp. D-day remembered: a series of interviews on the 75th anniversary 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Seven Valentine tanks that sank in Poole Bay in Dorset shortly after driving off their landing craft, killing six crewmen, are also protected. D-Day landmarks listed for 75th anniversary 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Visitors will enter the exhibit through a replica of a D-Day landing craft. Lincoln library WWII exhibit to open on D-Day anniversary 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Emmings and his crew struggled on, but the landing craft sank before it reached the mother ship. D-Day still takes an emotional toll on vets, 75 years on 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z But in the landing craft that morning, when the pills were passed around, he had second thoughts. 75 years after D-Day, veteran still wonders why he was spared 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Eventually a landing craft came alongside and we were off. D-day remembered: a series of interviews on the 75th anniversary 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Also listed are a landing craft, two Centaur cruiser tanks, two armoured bulldozers, a 4X4 vehicle and a jeep that sunk off the coast of Selsey Bill in West Sussex. D-Day landmarks listed for 75th anniversary 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z The statement also complained of increasing reconnaissance flights over North Korea and accused Washington of “maneuvers” to deploy sophisticated landing craft in Japan and nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missiles around the Korean Peninsula. North Korea accuses U.S. of 'evil ambition,' says use of strength... 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The assault by almost 7,000 ships and landing craft along a 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coast remains the largest amphibious invasion in history. Blood and thunder at sea: British veteran remembers D-Day 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Earll and his Company H pals had been jammed into the small landing craft for about three hours as it plowed toward Normandy. 75 years after D-Day, veteran still wonders why he was spared 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Torpedoes on the landing craft exploded, killing the colonel on board and three others. D-day remembered: a series of interviews on the 75th anniversary 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Six replica landing craft, nine sunken tanks, two armoured bulldozers and parts of Mulberry harbours in Dorset, Devon and West Sussex will be listed. D-Day landmarks listed for 75th anniversary 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z All muscle after months of rigorous training, they clambered down precarious rope ladders into landing craft or climbed into planes, parachutes strapped to their backs. Going Back: Faces of the men who fought at Normandy 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z “They really met a hostile reception and you could see that and you could see the landing craft being hit by shells, there were a lot of fires.” Blood and thunder at sea: British veteran remembers D-Day 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z As the wave of troops sailed toward Omaha Beach in the early morning of June 6, 1944, Frank DeVita could hear the German machine gun fire striking the outside of his landing craft . As D-Day anniversary approaches, veterans remember, go back 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Again and again, the landing craft ferried men to the beach. Revisiting France, and recalling D-Day's horror and triumph 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Among the first waves in the assault on Omaha Beach, Bedford's soldiers were wiped out by Nazi machine guns and mortars within minutes after their landing craft hit the sand. Virginia town remembers the high price paid on D-Day 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Among the first waves in the assault on Omaha Beach, Bedford’s soldiers were wiped out by Nazi machine guns and mortars within minutes after their landing craft hit the sand. Grief lingers in Virginia town that paid high price on D-Day 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Marines and an array of aircraft, landing craft, and weapons systems to support amphibious assault, special-operations teams, and “expeditionary warfare.” Is Trump Yet Another U.S. President Provoking a War? 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Armstrong was watched by about 500 million people when he stepped onto the Moon's surface, in the Sea of Tranquility, after leaving the Eagle landing craft. How engineer got a union jack on the Moon 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The landing craft hit a mine, blowing a hole in the ship. Revisiting France, and recalling D-Day's horror and triumph 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The Museum says Montlaur’s landing craft was hit by German cannon fire during that fight, piercing his face with shell fragments, killing seven men onboard and causing it to sink around 150 feet offshore. French World War II soldier’s colorful, abstract paintings capture ‘everything that he felt’ after horrors of battle 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Paul Dahlen told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the National Guard is using two landing craft to bring trucks carrying supplies to the islands located roughly 20 miles east of Puerto Rico. Food, water, gas flows into isolated Puerto Rico islands 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Navy landing craft to link the cities of Haines, Skagway and Juneau. Alaska's cherished ferry system is on the chopping block as oil revenues decline 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Shortly after landing, a rover on the landing craft dispatched the first photo of the moon’s surface from its far side back to Earth via a satellite communication relay. China lands spacecraft on the far side of the moon, a historic first 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z DeVita had to crawl over dead bodies lining the bottom of the landing craft to fix it. Revisiting France, and recalling D-Day's horror and triumph 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z One design trumpeted on Twitter showed troops knee-deep in water as they disembarked from a landing craft. British Design for D-Day Stamp Gets Address Wrong by 8,000 Miles 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Dunkirk and D-Day veteran, whose landing craft tank was in the forefront of Operation Overlord at Sword Beach. Who died in 2018? 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Also, landing craft carrying armored vehicles such as tanks, had engine trouble and were overloaded, forcing them to drop troops farther away from the shore than they had initially planned. How the Navy’s D-Day amphibious attack on Utah beach achieved 'tactical surprise' 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The colossal Saturn V rocket remained unproven, while a lunar landing craft faced an array of technological obstacles. Opinion | The most profound broadcast in human history came from space 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Certain other D-Day memories are crystal clear: peeking out over the edge of the landing craft with amazement at the U.S. firepower directed at the beach. Revisiting France, and recalling D-Day's horror and triumph 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The company is building a prototype of the landing craft in Seattle. Shipbuilder considering Portland or Seattle for Army project 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z If all goes well, they will be the first landing craft to gather data from the surface of an asteroid. Dates set for touchdown on an asteroid 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Considerable damage was inflicted on the smaller types of landing craft, according to the Navy. How the Navy’s D-Day amphibious attack on Utah beach achieved 'tactical surprise' 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Two more landing craft will be built in China under Ukrainian supervision. Inside the Ring: China’s Ukrainian jet engines 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z After raising the World War Two-style amphibious landing craft from Table Rock Lake outside the popular vacation town of Branson, the Coast Guard said, it will hand boat over to federal investigators. Coast Guard to raise Missouri tourist boat after deadly sinking 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The New York can launch transport helicopters and landing craft loaded with Marines, but sending in ground forces is highly unlikely, officials said. Trump Weighs More Robust Military Strike Against Syria 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The Moores and a group of friends immediately jumped on the task of designing, raising funds for and building what amounts to a small landing craft. This former Marine has boat to help Vets recover 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Navy amphibious landing craft attacking Utah Beach on D-Day actually managed to achieve total tactical surprise. How the Navy’s D-Day amphibious attack on Utah beach achieved 'tactical surprise' 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Engineers at Mission Control in Houston had worked out a do-it-yourself repair routine for Cernan, using four spare maps, sticky tape, and two spring clamps from their landing craft, Challenger. Running repairs on the moon - archive, 13 December 1972 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The facility will be called the Higgins Hotel & Conference Center, named for Andrew Higgins, the New Orleans boat builder whose landing craft played an important role in World War II. WWII Museum breaking ground for hotel, conference center 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z A brand-new landing craft, commissioned to repel drug-traffickers from the northern coast, is distributing food to the poor. Juan Orlando Hernández looks headed for re-election in Honduras 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z A landing craft crane was then used to lift the fish into a large basket before it was released into the open sea before swimming away. Giant tuna causes 'frenzy' at salmon farm 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z While observing Allied troops training for an amphibious invasion of Northwest Africa, Munk noticed that waves were pummelling the landing craft as they approached the beach. Walter Munk, Inventor of Surf Forecast, Turns 100 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Connor said he’s seen some 25 different takes on so-called electric vertical takeoff and landing craft, or eVTOLs, all of differing levels of seriousness and capability. Contest seeks to make those ‘Jetsons’ dreams a reality 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z On Friday, the drills were suspended after a French landing craft ran aground. The Latest: Amphibious military exercises being held on Guam 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z He was 47 and his work overseeing hundreds of landing craft in the Pacific earned him promotion to rear admiral and the Navy Cross. Perspective | In 1918, a U.S. Navy ship sank. Last week, a piece of it surfaced in Maryland. 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z He commanded a landing craft at Normandy on June 6, 1944, and never said a word about it back then, just made us do chin-ups whether we wanted to or not. Trump voters will not like what happens next 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The search the TGO will engage in is also, in its way, based on a lingering hope—one which started, albeit accidentally, with the man the landing craft was named after. Triumph or disaster? 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Schiaparelli represents only the second European attempt to land a craft on Mars, after a failed mission by the British landing craft Beagle 2 in 2003. European-led Mars lander to start descent to red planet 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Southern Command sent the Navy dock ship USS Mesa Verde to Haiti, with four helicopters, one landing craft and 300 Marines to help distribute emergency aid. Haiti Relief Efforts Step Up as Higher Death Toll Feared 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Josh Schick began volunteering at the museum in late 2003, when he was 15 and fascinated by work to renovate the Higgins landing craft now displayed in the museum’s original building. WW2 Museum’s PT boat nearly restored; rides on lake planned 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Footage broadcast on China Central Television showed amphibious landing craft firing shells from sea to land, helicopters firing missiles, soldiers parachuting down and tanks rolling through the countryside. China responds to Taiwan elections with military drills, Facebook trolling 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z He described the surface as being like powdered charcoal and the landing craft left a crater about one foot deep. 10 key moments in space exploration - BBC News 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The lander is designed to pave the way for future landing craft, including a rover. A science preview of the year 2016 - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Anti-ship missiles designed 30 years ago to destroy Soviet landing craft heading for Hokkaido are being deployed to draw the defensive curtain along the southwest island chain. Exclusive: Japan's far-flung island defense plan seeks to turn tables on China 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z As Stoltenberg and other VIP guests looked on, British and Spanish marines riding landing craft stormed a beach. NATO chief sounds alarm over Russian buildup from Baltic to Mediterranean 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The Parks Department hired Custom Marine after the company came in with a low bid and an impressive fleet of barges and cranes, which included the decommissioned military landing craft. Fresh Effort to Clear Abandoned Boats Littering New York City Waterways 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z A report by the official Syrian news agency, SANA, said amphibious landing craft are also expected to arrive in the coming days. Russia defends Syria airstrikes amid claims of blows to U.S.-backed rebels 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The LCT 7074 is the last survivor of the large fleet of landing craft which were built to transport British tanks to the beaches of France for the D-Day landings. Footage of D-Day landing craft being raised from Liverpool Docks - BBC News 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The amphibious boats are remnants from when the US army deployed thousands of amphibious landing craft during the second world war. Federal agency investigating deadly duck boat crash in Seattle 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Berra was the son of immigrants, a World War II veteran who had left a Yankees farm club to join the Navy and served at D-Day, a gunner’s mate on a landing craft support vessel. The Extraordinary Journey of Yogi Berra 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z On Monday, the South’s Defense Ministry said it was closely monitoring the movement of the North’s amphibious landing craft, which were designed to carry special forces in an invasion. South Korea Vows Not to Back Down in Military Standoff With North 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The helicopter and landing craft platform is deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the war on terrorism that began in 2001. Snyder orders flags lowered for officer who died aboard ship 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z As for Zink, why did he help restore the steel landing craft, which measures about 27 feet long? Military vehicles restored in memory of veteran relatives 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Dozens of Nato landing craft churned through the Baltic’s grey waters. Nato shows its teeth to Russia with elaborate Baltic training exercise 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z In Bulwark's docking bay we watched wave after wave of landing craft arrive, each full with another load of people. HMS Bulwark 'overloaded' by migrant tide - BBC News 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z In the morning Bulwark will launch her helicopters and landing craft in the expectation that they will be taking on more desperate people. HMS Bulwark faces 'tragic' migrant operations in Mediterranean - BBC News 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z So does every compromise baked into the design of aircraft ejection seats, landing craft used by the Marines, and the hull thickness of Navy warships. Will Soldiers Die Because of the Military Budget? 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The landing craft was one of 115 military vehicles on display in June at the 40th Annual Military Vehicle Preservation Association National Convention at the Kansas Expocentre. Military vehicles restored in memory of veteran relatives 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z He was wounded on D-Day — shot in the leg and knee, by one account — when, trying to fix a jammed ramp, he leapt off a landing craft carrying Canadian troops to Juno Beach. Arnaud de Borchgrave, a Journalist Whose Life Was a Tale Itself, Dies at 88 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Instead he became captain of a landing craft that ferried troops to Omaha Beach in the first wave of the Normandy campaign. John C. Whitehead, a Leader in Finance and Government, Dies at 92 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Since 2003, there have been a number of reunions of Exercise Tiger veterans arranged by the niece of Sgt Louis Archer Bolton, who was killed on board one of the landing craft. Survivors' tales of WW2 disaster 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Otherwise, horizontal winds in such a deep canyon could blow a landing craft woefully off course. 5 Top Landing Sites For A Manned Mission To Mars 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The landing craft was in rough shape when first located. Military vehicles restored in memory of veteran relatives 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Scientists said Thursday the landing craft not only bounced twice, it also came to rest next to a cliff that’s blocking sunlight from its solar panels. AP News in Brief at 7:58 p.m. EST 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Owing to their minuscule gravity fields, a rendezvous with an asteroid merely entails sidling up and flying alongside one, with no need for a specialized landing craft. Human spaceflight: Find asteroids to get to Mars The Marine Corps has been forced to defer plans for a new amphibious landing craft. Sequester's Legacy: How A Bad Budget Law Could Lose America's Next War 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Murdock’s landing craft ground to a halt and the ramp creaked downward. St. George veteran courted death on Omaha Beach 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The warships are the second largest in the French navy, transporting up to 16 helicopters, four landing craft and some 700 troops. Russians get French warship training 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z A London Assembly report recommended all passengers on amphibious landing craft used for tourist sailings should wear life jackets. Duck tours set to resume on Thames 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z His landing craft had to nose its way through the floating bodies of soldiers who had not made it to the beach. Memories of D-Day, Replayed on the Normandy Coast 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z As Leo Scheer swam for Omaha Beach from his burning landing craft that morning, he watched a pattern of machine gun bullets splash toward him and stop short. Seventy years later, a D-Day veteran believes a guardian angel shielded him from death On D-Day, Walling focused on a landmark he’d seen from the landing craft: the red roof of a house in the village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. She wanted something special for her birthday: For her grandfather to talk about the trunk in the basement Baker, a Royal Marine commando from Blackpool, was the coxswain on an LCA, the landing craft used to transfer troops from transport ships on to the beaches. D-day veterans find their bonds remain strong after 70 years 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Just as he seized the man with his good arm, a landing craft lowered its ramp onto Lambert’s back. D-Day vets reflect, keeping fading memory alive 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z At nearly the same time, a young GI, now known to be Huston Riley, disembarked from his landing craft into water over his head — and sank straight to the bottom, weighed down by his gear. See how these iconic D Day photos by Robert Capa were almost lost 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Here is a rare color photograph from World War II. Taken 70 years ago next month, it reveals American warriors from E Company, Fifth Ranger Battalion, aboard their landing craft on Weymouth Harbor, Dorset, England. Seventy Years Ago Next Month Came Fury and Death on D-Day 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Nauseated from the swell and the anticipation, men were throwing up everywhere in the landing craft. She wanted something special for her birthday: For her grandfather to talk about the trunk in the basement Under him, I worked on a high speed landing craft – the Seatruck. Innovator Sir James Dyson Turns Every Day Products Into Gold 2014-02-24T12:50:00Z Just getting into the landing craft was dangerous. D-Day vets reflect, keeping fading memory alive 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z The report by New Straits Times said the exercise involved the Liaoning, China’s first aircraft carrier; a submarine; two frigates; an amphibious landing craft called the Changbaishan; and support from air force jets. Sinosphere Blog: Malaysian Admiral Plays Down Talk of Chinese Naval Incursion 2014-01-31T08:08:13Z The marines will move the cars on to a landing craft and they will be taken by river to Cotehele Quay. Marines set for Cornish car rescue 2014-01-15T11:22:20Z They were originally used during World War Two as landing craft and to transport soldiers and cargo in areas where the docks had been destroyed. Thirty tourists rescued from London boat fire 2013-09-29T14:38:41Z No landing craft is needed, nor any survival gear for use on the Martian surface. Martian space flight: Red dreams 2013-05-29T17:03:20Z Awaiting orders in the troop ships and landing craft bobbing offshore, men read Bibles, played cards and wrote letters home. D-Day vets reflect, keeping fading memory alive 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z His firm, Gibbs & Cox, designed 70% of the Naval ships built for the war effort, everything from destroyers to landing craft to Liberty ships. SOS: Fastest Wartime Ship Fights to Avoid the Scrapyard 2013-05-20T16:05:26Z The marines will drive the cars off the slipway at Calstock - built for the US military in 1943 - one at a time on to a special landing craft. Marines set for Cornish car rescue 2014-01-15T11:22:20Z I later joined the Commandos and Dilwyn was on landing craft as a marine. Memorial for sunken WWII ships 2013-04-25T07:21:48Z All kinds of vehicles were presented, from tanks to sports cars, buses to ice-cream vans and even an amphibious Duck Tours landing craft. Honda CR-V: car review 2013-02-17T10:30:06Z Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., known as Buzz, steered their lunar landing craft, Eagle, to a level, rock-strewn plain near the southwestern shore of the Sea of Tranquillity. Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82 2012-08-31T03:00:03Z Killed in action were 207 members of the Royal Regiment, many before leaving their landing craft. At War Blog: In a Little-Known WWII Battle, a Father's Experience Becomes a Daughter's Journey 2012-08-23T21:14:04Z "Only for caterpillar tracks and tank landing craft over the canal," said the taxi-driver. From the archive, 11 July 1955: Reflections from a cab rank 2012-07-11T06:30:00Z The naval group includes several landing craft with marines. Russia Sends Warships on Maneuvers Near Syria 2012-07-10T17:28:07Z They were the first troops ashore, with the exception of special forces, when they disembarked from the landing craft on 21 May. 'We treated more Argentines than Brits' 2012-05-28T15:33:59Z A few hours later, there was Mr. Armstrong bundled in a white spacesuit and helmet on the ladder of the landing craft. Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82 2012-08-31T03:00:03Z The Germans documented the aftermath meticulously, making sure that newsreel watchers would get a good look at the destroyed Allied tanks and landing craft, and especially the bodies on any one of the five beaches. At War Blog: In a Little-Known WWII Battle, a Father's Experience Becomes a Daughter's Journey 2012-08-23T21:14:04Z A landing craft carrying the commander of Lieutenant Kerchner’s D Company and many of his men foundered in the English Channel, forcing their return to England. George Kerchner, Led a D-Day Maneuver, Dies at 93 2012-03-14T05:20:26Z One of those jobs involved an amphibious landing craft he'd invented. How I Did It: James Dyson 2012-02-28T05:03:00Z There was a nuclear submarine, two amphibious landing craft, several destroyers and frigates. Could Britain still defend the Falklands? 2012-02-27T12:26:57Z Operative Grayston Lynch recalled hitting the planes from his landing craft off the Cuban coast. Declassified CIA documents: Friendly fire hit Cuban exiles? planes during Bay of Pigs invasion 2011-08-15T19:12:21Z The drills involved a total of 14 patrol boats, landing craft and submarine hunting boats, along with two military aircraft, the official People's Daily newspaper said. Beijing Stages Drills in South China Sea 2011-06-17T08:51:20Z When Lieutenant Kerchner left his landing craft, he stepped into water over his head and made it to shore, where he became his company’s new commander. George Kerchner, Led a D-Day Maneuver, Dies at 93 2012-03-14T05:20:26Z There are mock tanks rumbling around, pyrotechnics exploding and soldiers tumbling out of plywood landing craft amid a cacophony of clacking paintball guns. Marking D-Day with massive paintball battle 2011-06-05T14:08:52Z Southby-Tailyour says they no longer have the landing craft to make an amphibious landing possible. Could Britain still defend the Falklands? 2012-02-27T12:26:57Z To have sufficient landing craft they had bartered butts of kill-devil with the Cow-Killers on Hispaniola for ten wide dugout canoes—all over six feet across and able to transport fifteen to twenty men. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Cassini was to be the main spacecraft and would go into orbit around Saturn and its moons; Huygens, a landing craft, would ride piggyback on Cassini until its moment came to descend to Titan. Destination Titan 2011-04-08T10:59:33Z Thailand's navy sent four vessels including an amphibious landing craft with on-board helicopters to the rubber-rich region to deliver supplies and rescue tourists and villagers in areas severely hit. Flooding in Thailand kills 21, strands thousands 2011-03-30T09:24:43Z The Thai navy sent four vessels including an amphibious landing craft with on-board helicopters to the rubber-rich region to deliver supplies and rescue tourists and villagers in areas severely hit. Flooding in Thailand kills 11, strands thousands of tourists 2011-03-30T05:32:12Z Whitehead, whose autobiography “A Life in Leadership” chronicles his command of a landing craft at Omaha Beach on D- Day, said his opposition has nothing to do with his World War II experiences. Goldman Sachs Former Chief Whitehead Says NYSE Deal ‘An Insult’ 2011-02-11T05:38:09Z The oral arguments in the case come as the Pentagon is trying to cancel other big weapons programs, including a $14 billion amphibious landing craft developed by General Dynamics for the Marine Corps. Supreme Court weighs 20-year fight on warplane 2011-01-18T20:01:56Z Gates announced cuts or cancellations of troubled weapons programs, including a $13 billion Marine Corps landing craft, designed by General Dynamics. U.S. aims to cut defense budget and slash troops 2011-01-07T06:05:39Z For example, Gates said he ordered the Marines to kill a $15 billion program to build a new amphibious landing craft. Pentagon to cut spending by $78 billion, reduce troop strength 2011-01-07T05:00:00Z He also announced cuts or cancellations of poorly performing weapons programs, including a $13-billion Marine Corps landing craft, designed by General Dynamics Corp. Pentagon ratchets up savings drive, to trim troops 2011-01-06T20:22:14Z As the landing craft grounded off the Normandy beaches, Mr. Millin jumped into the water from his ramp, noting that the shock of the freezing cold water had made him completely forget his seasickness. D-Day Piper Millin Dies at 87 2010-08-20T07:02:00Z These were used on special landing craft, two of which were sent to the Netherlands to help breach the German defences. S Michael Peretz obituary 2010-08-02T17:15:00Z After about 250 days, half the crew will enter a "landing craft" and "descend" to the planet where they will walk about wearing modified Russian Orlan spacesuits. 'Cosmonauts' chosen for Mars test 2010-05-10T17:57:00Z Known as the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, the landing craft was under development by Falls Church-based General Dynamics. Pentagon to cut spending by $78 billion, reduce troop strength 2011-01-07T05:00:00Z The Russian fleet in Sevastopol comprises about 16,200 servicemen, a rocket cruiser, a large destroyer and about 40 other vessels including submarines, landing craft, small destroyers and support ships. Protests as Ukraine approves Russia navy base extension 2010-04-27T08:07:00Z Climbing aboard a landing craft before the invasion of Normandy, Bob's sergeant was said to have told the men that by the end of the day, 9 out of 10 of them would be dead. Lessons of a $618,616 Death 2010-03-04T22:00:00Z "The ARG/MEU will provide an array of helicopter and amphibious landing craft assets, significantly increasing the ability to quickly provide relief supplies where they are most needed," the Second Fleet said in statement. 2010-01-20T22:30:00Z Marines in landing craft brought ashore bulldozers, mechanical diggers and trucks on a beach at Neply village west of Port-au-Prince from warships anchored offshore. 2010-01-21T00:06:00Z Down they went over the invasion beach-head where sky battles raged as German and Italian fighter bombers tried to strafe or bomb Yank and British landing craft. A Yankee Flier in Italy Tog Lee Chang Chu piloted a landing craft with the same verve that she seemed to be able to handle any other responsibility. Ultima Thule With that he entered a small landing craft, which left a faintly luminescent trail as it plunged toward Earth. Second Landing Robert Kielland, special investigator and trouble shooter for Piper Pharmaceuticals, Inc., made an abrupt and intimate acquaintance with the fabulous Venusian mud when the landing craft brought him down on that soggy planet. The Native Soil The three landing craft approached that enigmatic lattice-work of structural steel and stopped. Masters of Space Trask took a landing craft and went out to meet the ship. Space Viking He and Lillian went back to the landing craft to collect the presents. Naudsonce A particularly high crystal of thorium had snagged the landing craft. Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet Only three landing craft sank during the process, and within two weeks Simpson and Barton set bravely off with their dull-witted cohorts to tackle the swamp with a spanking new piece of equipment. The Native Soil Upon arrival he and the boy boarded the larger landing craft, which then made for the soft and flowing hues of Dutch Rembrandt. Oberheim (Voices) "In that way, if any Stolgonian spies see your troops concentrated around our landing craft, they'll think it's to help us load our loot." Space Viking The contact team crowded into the Number One landing craft, which had been fitted out as a temporary headquarters. Naudsonce When they finally reached comparatively solid ground, Kielland was mud up to the hips, and mad enough to blast off without benefit of landing craft. The Native Soil Out of the gloom above there was a roar and a streak of murky yellow as the landing craft eased down through the haze. The Native Soil His orbiting fleet, as well as the landing craft, stood emptied of life. Oberheim (Voices) Most of the single-mounts, landing craft and manipulators and heavy-duty lifters went with him, jamming the decks around the vehicle ports of Valkanhayn's ship. Space Viking They carried bottles and glasses and ice to the front of the landing craft and sat down in front of the battery of view and communication screens. Naudsonce Louie, get the landing craft pilot and don't let him out of your sight. The Native Soil The jets bloomed and sprayed boiling mud far and wide as the landing craft lifted soggily out of the mire and roared for the clouds above. The Native Soil "Then ask it to explain why the platform it built didn't hold the landing craft." The Native Soil They had sent down landing craft, it seemed, and said they wanted to trade; then something must have happened, nobody knew what, and they had begun a massacre and sacked the town. Space Viking He found a number of pole travoises, from which the animals had been unhitched in the first panic when the landing craft had been coming down. Naudsonce "He says he didn't know a landing craft was supposed to land on the platform," Simpson reported finally. The Native Soil He had transferred from the great bubble-shaped orbital transport ship to the sleek landing craft an hour before, bored and impatient with the whole proposition. The Native Soil "But hasn't he seen a landing craft before?" The Native Soil Three pinnaces came down to form a triangle over each; the Space Scourge hung midway between, poured out a swarm of vehicles and big claw-armed manipulators; armored lighters and landing craft shuttled back and forth. Space Viking The woman pointed to herself and to the man, and around the circle of huts and landing craft. Naudsonce Just get your files in order and get a landing craft down here for me. The Native Soil Now the pilot dipped the landing craft in and out of the cloud blanket, braking the ship, falling closer and closer to the surface as Kielland watched gloomily from the after port. The Native Soil Moments later the landing craft was directly overhead and men and natives alike scattered as she sank down. The Native Soil Shaking hands with him as he left the landing craft, Trask wanted to know if he'd been sent out as the new Viceroy. Space Viking Lillian was still talking about that when the two landing craft from the ship were sighted, coming down. Naudsonce Howell was watching the stuff come off the other landing craft. Naudsonce Then, abruptly, they sank—landing craft, platform and all. The Native Soil It was only by tracing the course of the main river and its tributaries that they could find the tiny spot of the native village, and they couldn't see the landing craft at all. Naudsonce More vehicles were coming down and discharging men; a swarm of landing craft were sinking past the building toward the ground two thousand feet below. Space Viking |
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