Sentences with phrase «troop ship»

Later that year Haynes was on a troop ship from North Africa to Italy when he came across Frank Parker, a 2nd lieutenant who led the rifle platoon of Fox Company.

Since his Times Square Show debut, his pictorial universe has been incredibly consistent and meticulously staged: a cinematic landscape often flattened into eerie planes and characterized by classic foreign sports cars, French pop singers, camouflaged Spitfires and troop ships, icons of European cinema and snowy Alpine peaks — a series of very particular, rhapsodic infatuations, through which he has conjured a fully - realized, unironic, modern - day narrative mythology.

In 1943 Lawrence joined the U.S. Coast Guard and was assigned to troop ships that sailed to Italy and India.

Not exact matches

«We are deepening the sea so as to accommodate more ships trooping to the port; because we want the Takoradi port to be a preferred destination within the sub-region where investors can bring in large consignments as a hub,» Capt Afedzi added.

Parzival follows his rush of adrenaline at pointing out Aech's collection by setting aside the Galactica and picking up another unsung hero of the science fiction action genre: the USS Sulaco, a Conestoga - class troop transport ship.

Futuristic armor suits and troop transport ships along with those glowing red eyes plunges your readers right into this action adventure.

He was assigned to a troop carrier and served as a quartermaster, which at the time — the early 1970's — involved navigating ships.

The ship, which is now a hotel, has a fascinating history as a luxury ocean liner and as a U-boat dodging, high - speed troop carrier during the Second World War.

Although the Airships used by the Koopa Troop themselves don't appear in Game & Watch Gallery 2, a similar flying ship appeared in the Modern version of the game Parachute.