I had seen
dead Marines and slain Japanese, and those awful scenes were seared into my memory.
Under fire on Tulagi and Guadalcanal
Please report any distressed or
dead marine mammals and sea turtles in Sarasota or Manatee County to Mote's Stranding Investigations Program, a 24-hour response program, at 941-988-0212.
Double duty: for mother manatee
The Supreme Council for Environment runs a
dead marine mammals and turtles monitoring program which aims at establishing a database of recorded dead sightings which is entered following the inspection of the dead mammal or turtle to identify the reason of death.
Hawksbill hatchling turtle saved
They also looked at records of seafloor sediments containing preserved shells of
dead marine organisms; the shells contain higher or lower levels of a heavier isotope of oxygen, depending on the relative salinity of surface waters when the organisms were alive (less salty waters indicate more rainfall over the ocean).
Sea level change influenced tropical climate during last ice age
In reference to the "
Dead Marine" (trivia, Volume 18 Issue 7) being an empty wine bottle, the Duke of Clarence is supposed to have extricated himself nicely from a possible offence to his hosts at a dinner party by suggesting that, just like a marine, "that bottle has done his duty and is now ready to do it again." That's from Jackspeak: A Guide to Royal Navy Slang & Usage by Rick Jolly, published in 1988.
Good on YA, Canada!
A
dead Marine washes up on a beach or a Navy wife's body is found in a basement, and in an office somewhere in Washington, squad boss Gibbs, played by Mark Harmon, says to his team of young investigators, "Grab your gear." The corpse is then delivered to the agency's medical examiner, Dr.
NCIS: bureaucrats with guns: if Americans really hate government, why do they love watching TV shows about it?
Strangely, Smyth fails to relate how Montagu even had a liaison, possibly an affair, with the young clerk whose photograph became the image of the
dead marine's fiancee--so closely did he associate himself with the character he had created.
Deathly Deception: The Real Story of Operation Mincemeat
He then further risked his life by checking the body of a
dead Marine blown from the gun turret.
MY WIFE'S 36HR HELL; EXCLUSIVE
COSTLY Members of a US environmental service crew walk the shoreline in search of
dead marine wildlife
BP shares continue to fall
I picked up the rifle of a
dead Marine and I went up the hill.
All for naught: The Battle of Peleliu: Peleliu could have been leap-frogged, as had many other Japanese-held Islands, but the Marines were ordered to take the Island and did so with great bravery, skill, and loss of life
The AP distributed the picture despite personal pleas from Gates and the
dead Marine's family in a case that illustrated the difficult decisions in reporting on a conflict where Americans have seen relatively few images of fallen U.S.
AP, Under Fire, Updates Reaction to Its Graphic Afghan Image
The study, also conducted by the BCSR, revealed that a sharp increase in the number of
dead marine turtles coincided with the beginning of the shrimping season, in mid-July.
Second Ridley turtle found on Askar shore
Researchers led by Moeller, of Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, found a sea sponge thriving in the midst of
dead marine creatures.
Sponge's secret weapon revealed; chemical restores bacteria's vulnerability to antibiotics
Where the ocean currents wafted along heated coastline,
dead marine iguanas washed ashore, while parboiled invertebrates drifted loose among blanched inter-tidal algae.
Life and death on the volcano's edge: in the Galapagos archipelago, Fernandina Island offered this photographer an unusual ringside seat to a fiery spectacle
The discovery of a
dead Marine intelligence officer in a motel room prompts the team to hunt for his killer in an investigation which could lead to a terrorist cell.
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