All 4 Uses of
strait
in
Killing Kennedy
- BLACKETT STRAIT, SOLOMON ISLANDS 2:00 A.M.
p. 19..0 *strait = narrow water passage
- Eighteen years earlier, in 1943, on a balmy Pacific night, three American patrol torpedo boats cruise the Blackett Strait in the South Pacific, hunting Japanese warships near a hotly contested area known as The Slot.
p. 19..8
- The Blackett Strait is bordered on all sides by small islands that are home to thousands of Japanese soldiers.
p. 22..8
- He is swept far out into the Blackett Strait, frantically lighting the lamp to signal his men as he drifts past.
p. 28..4
Definition:
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(strait as in: Strait of Hormuz) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water