thunder run
n.— «He participated in Operation Thunder Run in which the company set the tonnage mile and maintenance record in running two truck convoys from its home base at Frankfurt, Germany, to Alconbury and Warrington in England.» —“Bugle Notes: Limalanders in Service” Lima News (Lima, Ohio) Nov. 27, 1971. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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