"Thomas Jefferson " was off the Hagushi Beaches of Okinawa on 1 April when Admiral Richmond K . Turner gave the command to " Land the Landing Force . " Her boats left the line of departure at 0800 and landed 30 minutes later.
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I feel like I'm watching a newsreel unwind frame by frame . . . . To recount events since the night on the LD ( line of departure ) : . . . We crossed into Iraq beneath the gray, squalid skies, which were to follow us every day.
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Take your station . " Ship proceeded down the swept, buoyed channel, then to her designated line of departure at 0459B . " PC-552 " buoyed her line of departure for Fox Green beach, then took up station as Fox Green beach Patrol Control Craft ( " PCC " ).
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Take your station . " Ship proceeded down the swept, buoyed channel, then to her designated line of departure at 0459B . " PC-552 " buoyed her line of departure for Fox Green beach, then took up station as Fox Green beach Patrol Control Craft ( " PCC " ).
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The 2 / 14th Battalion was to move to a forming up point, Point'Y', on the eastern flank and attack along the coastal strip from a line of departure at'Point X', just west of Small Creek, about from the village; the attack was to be preceded by an air raid.
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Nevertheless, the battalion's first major action did not come until mid-1917 when the British shifted their focus towards the Ypres sector in Belgium and the 3rd Division was committed to the line of departure on time and, after a number of mines were exploded in front of their positions, the assault began.
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The following day, around first light, the landing was delayed almost half an hour as the fighter cover from the Fifth Air Force that had been assigned to support the landing failed to arrive; finally the order for the assault force to leave the line of departure was given by Smith despite the risks of proceeding without fighter cover.
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CNN incorrectly reported on October 14, 2004, that the US offensive assault on Fallujah had begun and broadcast a report from a young Marine outside Fallujah, 1st Lt . Lyle Gilbert, who announced that " troops have crossed the line of departure . " Hours later, CNN reported their Pentagon reporters had determined that the assault had not, in fact, begun.
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At 0415, " Beatty " took her station along with other ships of the fire support group, and, at 0430, heard the prearranged code words " Play Ball . " Uncertain as to the position of the assault groups, " Beatty " checked fire momentarily until intercepting a radio transmission that told of the assault wave's arrival at the line of departure.
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Since each of these two parameters uses a different reference datum, significant confusion can result because even though a projectile is tracking well below the line of departure it can still be gaining actual and significant height with respect to the line of sight as well as the surface of the earth in the case of a horizontal or near horizontal shot taken over flat terrain.
