H-hour

Example Sentences

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Stormed Utah Beach at H-hour on D-Day as part of the 4th Infantry Division.

From Washington Post

Long before H-hour, millions of expectant televiewers across the U.S. were gathered around their sets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those 2,000 ships had set out from different ports, at different speeds, on different courses; each had its appointed station for H-hour.

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 Schoenherr, John