Word: ambusher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Egyptian commandos slipped across the Suez Canal, killed four Israelis in an ambush on a patrol, then were cut up by Israeli airplanes. Meanwhile, Egyptian bombers swept over Israeli positions along the canal four times...
...headlines merely reaffirmed the humanity of the race, which in the space age remains as susceptible to greed and graft and the curse of Cain as it has been since the dawn of time. For the weak, temptation is ever at hand; for the brave, violence waits patiently in ambush. Beyond private sin, however, those who misuse public trust do a special evil. West Virginia and New Jersey seem to justify the theory of democracy that argues not that the people are virtuous enough to rule themselves, but rather that no man is ever virtuous enough to be allowed...
...Draper, 19, was killed in an ambush while leading his squad on a road sweep. King, 21, died less than a week after reaching Viet Nam. Whitmer, 21, was killed on a patrol. West, 19, was shot near Quang Nam while serving with a landing team. Moncayo, 22, was part of an entire platoon wiped out by the enemy near Quang Tri. Garcia, 22, had volunteered to lead an unscheduled patrol in Quang Nam province when he was struck down by a booby trap...