Formosa Strait

English Alternative forms en Strait of Formosa en Formosa Straits Proper noun Formosa Strait en Taiwan Strait. en November 13, 1958 Formosa ‘Battle Line’ Named After Gen. B. O. Davis Jet https://archive.org/details/sim_jet_1958-11-13_15_2/ XV 2 Chicago w:Johnson Publishing Company 0021-5996 1781708 Foreign News 17 https://archive.org/details/sim_jet_1958-11-13_15_2/page/17/ The line beyond which American pilots do not fly in the troubled Formosa Strait area is called the “Davis Line” in honor of Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., former commander of the 13th Provisional Air Force, stationed on Formosa[.] The mythical line is an undisclosed number of miles off the coast of Red China. en 1963 w:Dwight Eisenhower Mandate for Change 1953-1956 https://archive.org/details/mandateforchange00eise/ Garden City, New York w:Doubleday & Company 63-18447 64309101 483 https://archive.org/details/mandateforchange00eise/page/483/ In the Formosa Strait in 1955 we refused to retreat, and the enemy, true to his formula, for a while tried harassment but refused to attack. The crisis had cooled; it would not heat up again for three years.The hard way is to have the courage to be patient. en Straits