Word: 3rd
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...little cactus-covered volcanic rock island of Ustica, off the northern coast of Sicily, was the scene last week of the 3rd International Underwater Convention, drawing 500 flipper-snapping, snorkel-bearing aquaphiles. The convention marked the emergence of a brand-new tourist resort, for until two years ago, Ustica existed almost entirely as a prison island; now Italian tourist agencies and promoters have dubbed it the "Underwater Capital of the World," are busy publicizing it as the new Capri...
...Fleets, the Fifth and Thirteenth Air Forces, and the Army's 1st, 7th and 25th Infantry Division. Highly mobile and thoroughly trained, the elements of this mighty force need only hear the whistle to move into direct action. If it blows, Major General Donald Weller, Commander of the 3rd Marine Division and an old jungle fighter, will become Commander of Joint Task Force 116 for Laos, report directly to Felt, who in turn will answer to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Late last week Weller flew into Tokyo for conferences with Vice Admiral Charles Griffin, Commander of the Seventh...
...315th Air Division, under Brigadier General Theodore Kershaw, can airlift units of the 3rd Marine Division to Laos from Okinawa in 196 sorties...
Sidney B. Wood 3rd, a junior from Chestnut Hill and son of the one-time Davis Cup player and Wimbledon champion, was injured when the students compact station wagon jumped over an embankment and crashed into a pavement below. He was listed as "out of danger" at Fayetteville, but will be hospitalized for 12 weeks...
...months ago from 30 to 162 men. The recruits were seasoned soldiers; of the present force, 37 temporarily dropped out of the military to come to Laos and the rest were drawn from the retired list. Under their flapping shirts is more than one gung-ho tattoo, such as "3rd Division Forever." At the top is Heintges, Coblenz-born son of a former German officer, and a 1936 graduate of West Point who rose rapidly through the infantry officer ranks during heavy fighting in Italy and France during World War II. After the war he was made chief...