seismic wave
seismic wave A packet of elastic strain energy which travels away from a seismic source, e.g. a
shot or
earthquake. See also
BODY WAVE; and
SURFACE WAVE.
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TARAWA STANDS OUT FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION EFFICIENCY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/8/2008; 700+ words
; ...Communication Specialist Seaman Jon HusmanUSS Tarawa Public Affairs The amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) earned the SECNAV 2007 Gold Award...during the 2007 fiscal year on April 24. Tarawa's intensive energy conservation methods...
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TARAWA RETURNING AFTER SUCCESSFUL 13TH WESTERN PACIFIC DEPLOYMENT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/15/2006; 700+ words
; ...release: By 3rd Class Tony Spiker USS Tarawa Public Affairs Expeditionary Strike Group...and Persian Gulf. The three-ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) strike group deployed to the...the young Sailors and Marines on board Tarawa," said Capt. Peter Murphy, Tarawa...
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Fight for Tarawa testifies to Marines' tenacity.(Neighbor)(Your page)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 12/10/2004; 700+ words
; Tarawa. To those Americans who fought on this...World War II, it was known as "Bloody Tarawa." The following account is mostly from "Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa" by Col. Joseph H. Alexander (1993...
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Ex-USS Tarawa's Bell Finds New Home.
M2 Presswire; 8/6/2009; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-6 August 2009-US NAVY: Ex-USS Tarawa's Bell Finds New Home(C)1994-2009...on the bell is that it was part of USS Tarawa (LHA 1). They carried it throughout...Heritage Command noted that he had the Tarawa bell in stock. We put in a request for...
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Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa
Magazine article from: Naval War College Review; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press...for Betio Island. Robert Sherrod's Tarawa: The Story of a Battle, published in...action takes place. It forms part of the Tarawa atoll which, in turn, lies within the...
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TARAWA COMPLETES THREE DECADES OF SERVICE
Magazine article from: Naval Aviation News; 3/1/2009; ; 644 words
; Tarawa (LHA 1), which supported U. S. military...November 1943. She was the first of the five Tarawa-class amphibious assault ships built by...Shipbuilding Corp., in Pascagoula, Miss. Tarawa entered commission on 29 May 1976 with Capt...
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USS TARAWA AWARDED BATTLE 'E'
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/10/2008; 565 words
; ...Specialist Seaman David A. BrandenburgUSS Tarawa Public Affairs Amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) won the calendar year 2007 Battle...excellent in five of six shipboard categories. Tarawa competed against three other amphibious ships...
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Remembering the Tarawa campaign
Newspaper article from: Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.; 4/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...that the holder had been a member of the Tarawa Honor Guard. That may not mean much to...significant role in remembering the battle of Tarawa and the Americans who died fighting it...World War II. On one of those places, Tarawa atoll, we saw a weather-beaten monument...
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TARAWA, HOPPER CREW MEMBERS VOLUNTEER DURING LIBERTY IN SINGAPORE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/18/2007; 603 words
; ...Specialist Seaman (SW) Mike LeporatiUSS Tarawa Public Affairs Sailors and Marines from the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) and the guided missile cruiser...along the half-mile beach, explained Tarawa crew member Gas Turbine System Electrician...
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TARAWA EXPEDITIONARY STRIKE GROUP DEPLOYS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/6/2007; 574 words
; ...Pacific The San Diego element of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) departed...Diego include Amphibious Squadron 1, USS Tarawa (LHA 1), USS Cleveland (LPD 7...USS Ingraham (FFG 61) will join the Tarawa ESG in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. "We will...
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Tarawa
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
TARAWA TARAWA (20 – 24 November 1943). As the opening blow in the American...Pacific, the Second Marine Division began landing on Betio, an islet in the Tarawa atoll, part of the Gilbert Islands, on the morning of 20 November 1943...
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Tarawa, Battle of (1943)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Tarawa, Battle of (1943). In June 1943, the...immediate objective of the Fifth Fleet would be Tarawa Atoll, with the target Betio Island. The...Medal of Honor, three posthumously. The Tarawa operation was the first assault in the Pacific...
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Tarawa, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Tarawa, Battle of an intense battle on the heavily fortified island of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in November, 1943. Marines...battle that only covered an area of only 300 acres. Tarawa is today the independent nation of Kiribati.
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Tarawa, capture of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Tarawa, capture of, one of the epic battles of the Pacific war , which opened the way to the Marshall Islands for US forces and started...
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Kiribati
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
KIRIBATI Republic of Kiribati Major City: Tarawa Other Cities: Abemama, Butaritari INTRODUCTION The...became the independent Republic of Kiribati. MAJOR CITY Tarawa Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, is actually a small atoll...
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