Objectives range from bombing and torpedo runs to defense and escort missions.
In later battles in the Pacific, battleships primarily performed shore bombardment in support of amphibious landings and provided anti-aircraft defense as escort for the carriers.
As guards and defense attorneys escorted him from the courtroom, Thornton turned toward news photographers and waved goodby.
He ordered that the Avengers of 832 Squadron be exchanged for 24 Wildcats from VF-3 as Victorious had difficulty operating the large Avenger and the British carrier possessed better facilities for coordinating fighter operations than Saratoga; the latter retained a dozen Wildcats for self-defense and escort duties.
TALKING POINT Will the Jets' blueprint for victory Sunday — a revived running game, a scaled-back offense and solid defense — continue to escort them into the A.F.C. playoff picture?
Palfrey, herself, was feisty and outspoken in her defense of her escort service -- claiming the services rendered were adult fantasies and within the realm of legality.
Now researchers have devised a way to trick one of the gatekeepers in this cellular defense system into escorting a potentially beneficial antibody into the brain.
Each of the fighting services had operations rooms in the Lascaris complex from which they coordinated the defense of Malta, convoy escorts and other military operations.
In Britain, the most pressing need was for air defenses and convoy escorts to safeguard the civilian population from bombing or starvation, and re-armament construction plans consisted of five ships of the.
Capone and his bodyguard were escorted to the defense table by a phalanx of uniformed policemen and detectives, while those in the courtroom pointed to him and said "there's the gunman," there's "Scarface Al," "that's the murderer".
