Word: ammo
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...laundry list" of how to rob a bank. The step-by-step tips cautioned that planning the getaway could be tricky: "The first plan for the route isn't always the best." The paper called for a "final dry run," and a last-minute check of "weapons, ammo, clothing, disguise." Typed on the left side of the document was a warning: "Expect the unexpected...
...control, we've got two Marine K.I.A.s [killed in action]." The response was terse: "Do you know where the bodies are?" Doctors were called for; firefighting equipment was requested and then told to stay away because of the shelling. A large secondary explosion was reported across the runway. "The ammo storage area's been hit," said a voice shaking with emotion. Worse yet, Communist troops were pushing into some of the city's suburbs...
...flying's the same when you have rice instead of ammo," said bearded A1 Wells, 52, of Miami's Airlift International, "but it makes you feel a little safer when you're on the ground." Ken Healy, a World War II Air Force pilot who now flies for World Airways of Oakland, Calif., told TIME Correspondent Peter Range: "The best time to go into Phnom-Penh is right after they've taken a few hits. We've figured out that if you haven't had another rocket for ten minutes, then you probably...
...four of us walked into the back of the room. In the space of time required for the 80 trainees to dismantle one weapon apiece, I observed the following: "Two male training officers, about 80 women, all in fatigues. Never get dirt on weapon. Keeping live ammo or cartridges a court-martial offense." One of the unoccupied training officers came to the back of the room to talk to me. Notepad in hand, I assailed him: "Do you think women learn how to handle weapons as quickly as men do?" Sgt. Hurlburt had disappeared. At that moment she reappeared. "Here...
...streets of the city, I heard a babble of everyday sounds: cocks crowing, babies crying, people chattering. But the streets were empty of civilians. Families were locked behind the metal screens of their homes. Under the colonnades bordering the marketplace, soldiers cooked breakfast rice over fires made from ammo boxes...