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...site inspection in the boondocks. They began their tour in the north, where the war is doing relatively well. So tight was security that their movements were announced only a few hours in advance. In the air they were protected by T 28 fighter-bombers and armed UH-1B helicopters, on the ground by machine-gun-carrying Jeeps...
...appreciate your excellent coverage [June 7] of the support U.S. forces are giving the republic of Viet Nam in its struggle against the Viet Cong insurgents. However, despite my high regard for the capability of the UH-1B helicopters and the crews who fly them, I have never stated that they are the most essential unit in my command. This is a team effort, and every component of that team is considered equally essential. Our advisory personnel include members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, all of whom are doing an outstanding job and deserve equal praise...
...guerrillas' monopoly. The antiquated "banana" copters have become increasingly vulnerable as the Viet Cong learn how to use new rapid-fire weapons; in one sortie near the delta village of Apbac last January, they downed five of 14 helicopters, including one of the 24 fast, rocket-firing HU-1B ("Huey") helicopters that now escort most missions. Last week a second company of 24 Hueys arrived at a new base near Vinh Long. "Operations were down in the hundreds a year ago," says General Paul Harkins, commander of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam. "Now they...
There will be a change of approach in Gov 1b next year, Friedrich said. Presently, the course deals with political theory from an historical approach; Friedrich will place more emphasis on an understanding of the idealized concepts of political theory, such as "liberty" or "authority," and less on studies of philosophers' writings. The course will examine only major political philosophers rather than the many theorists who are now studied...
This change will make Gov 1b "less an abbreviated introduction to Government 106 and more a course in its own right," Friedrich said. By requiring a student to consider the ideal concepts, "we may force him to think, which is what we are trying to do at Harvard...