Word: battlefield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...notion has been disproved on the Vietnam battlefield," Maj. Beauregard Brown, a black, told me in Saigon in 1967, "that Negroes can't produce the same as white soldiers. Given the same training and support, the Negro has shown that he can do the job just as good as anyone else...
...showed up, probably because Damascus was worried about Israel and was also feeling pressure from Moscow to withdraw. Furthermore, once its planes entered into combat, Syria could no longer disclaim responsibility for the invasion. But from time to time a flight of eight Israeli Mirages showed up over the battlefield near Irbid. The Israeli jets took no part in the battle; they were there to take pictures of the fighting-as were a number of U.S. photo-reconnaissance planes. An Israeli source said that the Mirages were also trying to throw a scare into the Syrians. "In this kind...
...address to the Swarthmore freshmen last week, he added, "a college campus is not a battlefield for warfare between generations, between classes, or between races... I do not regard peace and calmness as the vital marks of a healthy institution. But neither do I think the reconciliation of young and old, or the substitute warfare of the battlefield are the major undertakings for the college...
NEARLY two decades before the Middle East completely lost its romantic Lawrence of Arabia aura and became a brutal battlefield, two young cousins sat on neighboring thrones: Feisal II in Iraq, Hussein in Jordan. Handsome, carefree, gallant, the two young Kings were installed on the same day in 1953. Their dual reigns were a spectacular achievement for the ancient Hashemite dynasty...
Three-Sided Strategy. A Communist document, captured several months ago but released only last week by the U.S. command in Saigon, indicates that the enemy plans to scale down its battlefield activities and place "particular importance" on low-budget guerrilla warfare. According to Mao's classic terms, the Vietnamese Communists are at least partially reverting from Stage 2 (main-force military combat) to Stage 1 (grassroots organization). The 26-page document, known as COSVN (Central Office for South Viet Nam) Resolution 14, reflects Giap's thinking. Henceforth, says the resolution, Communist cadres are to organize and prepare...