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...Caribbean, the President snapped into action at the first sporadic crackles of gunfire in Santo Domingo. Into the waters off the Dominican Republic, he ordered a task force of six ships carrying an assault detachment of 1,800 marines; as a contingency, he alerted Army airborne troops at Fort Bragg...
...television with a brisk, 21-minute announcement: Some 400 marines had landed on the island; arrangements were being made to evacuate Americans and other nationals who asked to leave. The next day, as the pitch of battle rose, the President sent in more marines, plus paratroopers from Fort Bragg; by week's end reinforcements brought the total of U.S. fighting...
...snapped: "I will not have another Cuba in the Caribbean." At last orders went out to Task Force 124, centered on the aircraft carrier Boxer and with 1,800 combat-ready marines, to make flank speed for Santo Domingo. Another set of orders started the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C., toward its C124 and C-130 transports...
Cornell has played only three regular-season games this year; they split a doubleheader with Rochester and defeated East Stroudsburg. The Big Red has an extensive exhibition series in North Carolina during the first week of April, winning six of ten games against Camp Lejune, Fort Bragg, and North Carolina State...
...Navy, which got into the act first, has been perfecting Skyhook rescues for seven years. Earlier this year, the Army used the technique to lift 35 men, including two Special Forces generals, during exercises at Fort Bragg, N.C. Now the Air Force is also trying the method, and 48 Lockheed C-130 transports have been modified with the forks and winches needed for Skyhook lifts. "I've never experienced anything like it in my military career," says Special Forces veteran Sergeant First Class Johnny Dolin. "First there is a slight tug at the shoulders, then you're soaring...