Word: amstutz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...outset, said refugees from Kolwezi, the rebels appeared to be tough and well regimented; they also knew their business. Harold Amstutz, of Portsmouth, Va., a pilot for the American Methodist mission in the city, radioed news of the invasion on the first day of the attack. The next time he tried to broadcast from his house, guerrillas swarmed through the neighborhood, banging on doors and shouting "Missionary! Missionary!" in an effort to locate Amstutz and his radio. Said the pilot: "They must have had good equipment, including a direction finder, to pick up my transmission that quickly...
...Amstutz destroyed the transmitter, and he and his wife Elsie spent the next six days praying for rescue, while rebels ranged up and down the street, occasionally firing random barrages into their house...