Word: battlefield
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...through the monsoon mud of nameless hamlets, amidst the swirling sand of seagirt enclaves, atop the jungled mountains of the Annamese Cordillera, served as the instrument of U.S. policy, quietly en during the terror and discomfort of a conflict that was not yet a war, on a battlefield that was all no man's land...
...Saigon and other airfields in South Viet Nam, pick up as many as 60 patients each, and fly them to Clark Field in the Philippines under the constant care of a doctor, nurses and corpsmen. "What we've done," says Colonel Neel, "is to bring management to the battlefield. It is no longer a matter of sending casualties to the rear and hoping there will be room for them. We make sure there is always room." And thanks to improvements in all sorts of equipment, surgical procedures and drugs, there is always better care...
Saigon's two English-language news papers - the Daily News and the Post -cover the Viet Nam war in considerable detail, but what really excites them is activity on the home front. Without leaving Saigon, their reporters uncover weirder and wilder stories than the battlefield could ever produce. Crime and sex are embellished with garbled gram mar, misspellings and typos. One typically zestful Post story began last week...
...repeat any week that he fails. After an exhaustive basic proficiency test, he enters a second eight-week period called Advanced Individual Training. During AIT, the recruit learns further skills based on his aptitude and interests, finally qualifies in one of 950 Military Occupation Specialties ranging from "creepy-peepy" (battlefield radar) to computers (by which warehouse sergeants now tot up rations). In all, today's soldier gets four months' training v. eight to twelve weeks in World War II, and in subjects unimaginable only a few years...
...lack of opportunity in Viet Nam where, as the Chief of Staff has repeatedly warned, American fighting men may be engaged in combat for many years. As an old soldier, Johnson has also warned repeatedly of negotiations, which the Communists would use as a means to victory on the battlefield...