Johnston now planned to defeat the Union forces piecemeal before the various Union units in Kentucky and Tennessee under Grant with 40, 000 men at nearby Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, and the now Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell on his way from Nashville with 35, 000 men, could unite against him.

Landing men on the Moon by the end of 1969 required the most sudden burst of technological creativity, and the largest commitment of resources ($ 24 billion ), ever made by any nation in peacetime.

:: Landing on tall ships with a sudden, great bound,

Landing on HMS Furious ( 47 ) | HMS Furious in a Sopwith Pup scout

* 2005 – Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan.

Then in 1834, McCoy established Westport Landing on a bend in the Missouri River to serve as a landing point for West Port.

Soon after Le Mans was liberated by the U. S. 79th and 90th Infantry Divisions on 8 August 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town.

File: Malden AKK LandingPoint. jpg | Boat Landing on Malden Island with ruins of old settlement

These were followed by Gregory Benford's The Martian Race ( 1999 ), Geoffrey A. Landis's Mars Crossing ( 2000 ), and Robert Zubrin's First Landing ( 2002 ), which took as their starting points the smaller and more focussed expedition strategies evolved in the late 1990s, mostly building on the concepts of Mars Direct.

Landing on Minerva

The Navy had taken some small steps in remedying the landing craft situation with construction of the Pionierlandungsboot 39 ( Engineer Landing Boat 39 ), a self-propelled shallow-draft vessel which could carry 45 infantrymen, two light vehicles or 20 tons of cargo and land on an open beach, unloading via a pair of clamshell doors at the bow.

Landing on the feet should be avoided, to eliminate the risk of injury to the lower extremities, particularly ankle sprains.

" During the Landing Operation on Hainan Island, the communists used wooden junks fitted with mountain guns as both transport and warships against the Republic of China Navy.

Enterprise as it banks on its second Approach and Landing Test, September 13, 1977.

The Niagara River Anglers prepare 300 pounds of smelt on Friday and the Silo Restaurant and Water Street Landing deep fries 200 pounds of smelt on Saturday.

Landing at Blackman's Bay and later having the Dutch flag flown at North Bay, Tasman named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt in honour of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies who had sent Tasman on his voyage of discovery in 1642.

Landing Vehicle Tracked | LVTs heading for shore on 15 June 1944 during the Battle of Saipan.

The members of the expedition, aboard the ships Fogel Grip and Kalmar Nyckel, sailed into Delaware Bay, which lay within the territory claimed by the Dutch, passing Cape May and Cape Henlopen in late March 1638, and anchored at a rocky point on the Minquas Kill that is known today as Swedes ' Landing on March 29, 1638.

However, commercial life in the region was not dead, and originating from the two settlements at Reknes and Molde ( later Moldegård ), a minor port called Molde Fjære ( Molde Landing ) emerged, based on trade with timber and herring to foreign merchants. Molde's main street and commercial center.

In the 1980s she acted primarily on television, including the miniseries remake of The Long Hot Summer ( 1985 ) and the prime-time soap opera Knots Landing, also in 1985.

Minuit and his company arrived on the Fogel Grip and Kalmar Nyckel at Swedes ' Landing ( now Wilmington, Delaware ), in the spring of 1638.

* Landing gear, a set of wheels, skids, or floats that support the plane while it is on the surface.

Calhoun Landing, on the Santee-Cooper River in Santee, South Carolina, was named after him.

The island was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941 ( Operation Beowulf ); German troops remained there until expelled by the Red Army in the Moonzund Landing Operation in October and November 1944.

Whidbey Island contains Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, the first national historic reserve in the US created by the National Park Service to preserve the rural history and culture of the island and to protect the area's rare and sensitive plants.

Landing on the north-west of the island with a small mercenary force, he seizes a strong position on Mount Ercte ( Monte Pellegrino, near Palermo ), and not only successfully defends himself against all attacks, but also carries his raids as far as the coast of southern Italy.

On the southern most part of the island, Green's Landing ( as Stonington was initially known ) would be settled after 1800.

* Lower Schodack Island – An island in the Hudson River near Schodack Landing.

* Green Island – An island in Lake George by Bolton Landing.

From March to May 1950, the Landing Operation on Hainan Island captured the island for the Chinese communists.

* In Herr's Island, a island on the western bank of the Allegheny River, a former rail stop for livestock and meatpacking was transformed into Washington's Landing, a waterfront center for commerce, manufacturing, recreation and upscale housing

Landing is only possible at three points, and only during the short period of the year in which the island is not surrounded by pack ice.

* Mink Island – An island located between Oak Island and the mainland near Schermerhorn Landing.

* Oak Island – An island in the St. Lawerence River near Schermerhorn Landing.

At the same time, the Government of Canada initiated a feasibility study of converting the island airport to a major airport for Short Takeoff and Landing ( STOL ) planes.

The US Navy uses the island as an auxiliary naval airfield: Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island.

Landing on the island can be an exciting experience, as the surf can swamp the landing boat.

The tower is located on the south coast of the island, a mile or so from River Landing and some seven miles south of the island's main village of Codrington.

* Soissons Landing will be upgraded to provide for better access to the island.

Landing on Coquet Island for the general public is prohibited, but local boating companies from Amble sail close up to the island in good weather throughout the summer, allowing visitors to get good views of the Puffins and Roseate Terns.

Then came the Landing Craft Infantry ( Large ) or LCI ( L ), capable of making serious voyages under its own power ( some were sailed directly from the United Kingdom to take part in the Operation Torch landings, and U. S. Navy LCIs island hopped across the Pacific ).

One of the most popular beaches on the island, Odlin Park resides just south of the Ferry Landing and is a popular stop during the summer.

A 1901 Geneva steam-powered car toured the island and was exhibited in Marquette Park before being towed by horse back to British Landing.

The 6th Yokosuka Special Naval Landing Force arrived to reinforce the island in February 1943.

* Leon Cooper, a US Navy Landing Craft Operator who took part in the WWII battle, returned to the island in 2008 to investigate reports the beach he landed on was littered with garbage.