H-hour
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Stormed Utah Beach at H-hour on D-Day as part of the 4th Infantry Division.
From Washington Post
With room in its hangar for 30 troop-carrying helicopters, the ship is designed to put two reinforced Marine rifle companies ashore by H-hour plus three minutes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Getting from one side to the other meant a H-hour ferry ride or a roundabout inland route of some 100 miles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then they synchronized their watches and headed for the store, took their positions, and waited impatiently for H-hour.
From Time Magazine Archive
We breathed the standard helium-oxygen mix at normal pressure until about four hours before H-hour.
From The Trouble with Telstar by John Schoenherr
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