Word: basely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Navy tries to keep up with even the most minor changes in the development and deployment of Soviet subs. One reason that Pueblo was cruising off Wonsan was to check on a report that, because of ice in Vladivostok, the Soviets had temporarily switched their Pacific sub base to Wonsan and the nearby island of Mayang-Do. The U.S. is also equipping its nuclear submarines with silent pumps and heat-dispersal systems so that the Soviets will not be able to use infra-red detection systems to locate the scars of American subs...
...Bracing for More Ever since the Communists launched their general offensive three weeks ago, allied commanders in South Viet Nam have been poised for another onslaught. Encircling the U.S. Marine base at Khe Sanh and massed around Saigon and other cities, enemy forces seemed to be missing opportunities to strike a second blow while the country was still struggling to recover from the initial attacks. As the days slipped by, the waiting created an unreal aura of suspense. Then last week the Communists hit again with a synchronized series of widespread mortar and rocket attacks. But, without strong supporting infantry...
...adjacent Tan Son Nhut airbase, mortars and rockets damaged planes and set fire to the base chapel; other aircraft were reported hit at nearby Bien Hoa. Fires also flared around...
...offensive further south or for a bypass thrust at Quang Tri or Danang. There was also a dawning realization that, for all President Johnson's warning against another Dienbienphu, Khe Sanh could be overrun by overwhelming human-wave attacks. A top U.S. general in Saigon reckoned that the base could be taken by 25,000 men in concerted assaults, "but a hell of a lot of them would stay on the wire...
...brought up reinforcements and pounded back, turning great patches of Israeli farm land into rolling seas of flame. Then the Israelis called out their air force. For nearly seven hours, squadrons of jet fighter-bombers dumped rockets, phosphorus bombs and napalm on the East Bank. They destroyed a guerrilla base, damaged several towns, terrorized Arab refugee tent-camps and knocked out gun emplacements as far inland as Irbid, 20 miles away on Jordan's arid central plateau...