Word: carrier
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...effort in Viet Nam must be measured in terms of quality, not quantity. The American serviceman in Viet Nam is probably the most proficient the nation has ever produced. For example, Admiral Thomas Moorer, until recently U.S. Commander in Chief Pacific, now Commander in Chief Atlantic, says of the carrier pilots who flew for him in strikes against North Viet Nam: "They are the most professional who have ever flown for the Navy, including those in World War II and Korea. There is no question about...
...LIEUT. JOHN G. DODSON, 25, from El Paso, Texas, is an RF8 Marine photo-reconnaissance pilot on the carrier Coral Sea. His maintenance crew proudly records each of his missions by painting a small camera on the side of his jet. As of last week there were twelve cameras in a row - and a little yellow truck...
...World War II as an aviator, later became executive officer of the flattop Hancock. When a kamikaze pilot plowed into the Hancock's flight deck off the coast of Japan in April 1945, Raborn got the deck patched up in four hours - in time to permit the carrier's planes to land safely from a mission. He won a Silver Star for his effort...
...negotiate with 45 foreign powers to persuade them to join the system. The U.S. Government estimates that by 1980 more than 78% of all international communications, including telephone, telegraph, television, data transmission and perhaps facsimile newspapers, will be carried by satellites. Comsat will be the prime carrier, the wholesaler of satellite communications...
...yell that two "crazy men" were around the corner. The crazy men turned out to be a couple of tipsy young Puerto Ricans; the cops drew their pistols and ordered one of the youths to drop the broken beer bottle he was carrying. According to the cops, the bottle carrier answered by yelling, "Come and get it, coppers!" In the dust-up that followed, he slashed Patrolman Thomas De Sutter's face. De Sutler, who was also accidentally shot in the foot by his partner, Patrolman Raymond Howard, had to spend 23 days in the hospital...