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...Daniel ("Chappie") James Jr., 47, now a full colonel and the U.S. Air Force's hottest Negro combat pilot. "That s.o.b. is leading too many kids astray. Under the guise of civil rights, some people set the racial effort back 100 years." James is vice commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing based in Thailand, and already has 56 sweeps over North Viet Nam under his belt. Until it was adopted by Black Power activists, a black panther was his personal trademark...
...caravan route from Tibet to India. There, the Swiss group witnessed the traditional New Year's dance beneath the giant prayer banner, or thangka, which portrays Padmasambhava (Lotus-born), the Indian missionary-and central figure in Bhutan's art-who converted Bhutan to Buddhism in the 8th century. In his hand he holds a thunderbolt, symbol of enlightenment to the pageantry-rich people...
SUMMER FOCUS (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). "I Am A Soldier," John Secondari's excellent documentary, follows Captain Theodore S. Danielson as he leads Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment in combat against the Viet Cong. Repeat...
Last week Fighter Pilot Robin ("Old Man") Olds, commander of the Thailand-based 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, was credited with his fourth MIG kill of the Viet Nam war. That brought to 28½ the total of enemy aircraft - Hitler's and Ho's-that he has destroyed in 24 years of aerial combat. One more MIG and Olds will become the first American ace of the Viet...
...Everybody in the 8th Wing thinks he hung the moon," says one of Olds's aviators. "We'd follow him anywhere." To make sure they do, Olds keeps in top shape, plays squash daily on a court he built himself at Ubon. Well aware that his reaction time is bound to slow with age, Olds practices his flying skills incessantly, and 57 raids over the flak-and-fighter-fraught North have only sharpened them. "Younger guys have to think before they start a maneuver," he says. "With me, it's instinct...