Word: caverns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Acting on a tip, Leoni's secret police had closed in the night before, found bunks, medical supplies and a Russian flag in the building. A heavy, hydraulically operated concrete door led to a cavern in the hillside behind the house. There, in a vault-shaped room, was an impressive arsenal of weapons: a 20-mm. cannon, a 3.5-in. bazooka, stacks of rifles, pistols, homemade mortar tubes and hundreds of shells, grenades and shaped demolition charges. With lathes, presses and other tools-and a gasoline generator to power them-terrorists had been turning out enough arms to supply...
...hole. Big hole, the marines shrugged, tossing in more grenades. When the concealed V.C. responded with still another fusillade, a U.S. demolition squad provided a real blast, using dynamite this time. When the smoke cleared, the marines clambered down into the hole, discovered to their amazement a limestone cavern over six feet high and 250 feet long. It was littered with the bodies of 66 Viet Cong, all dead from the demolition charge-the largest single kill for U.S. troops since they arrived in force in Viet...
...huge voice of great resonance," and later expanded his praise extensively in his half-hour TV discussion of the show. The show's two stars each wore a body microphone in order to be heard, but Price neither used nor needed one to reach every nook of the mamouth cavern that is the Shubert Theatre...
...lead, the men explored the "room" in which they were trapped: a 144-ft.-long by 15-ft.-high chamber that was cold and damp, its floor under water. There was no food; yet, thanks largely to Martinet, the miners resisted panic, began tapping with their picks on the cavern wall...
Piped Wine. The situation seemed hopeless, but 32 hours later, a small exploratory rescue drill broke through the roof of their cavern and a tiny microphone was lowered. Chosen as spokesman, Martinet introduced everybody all around, suggested that the main rescue shaft be drilled from another-and more difficult-angle to lessen the danger of falling rock. "We are a little hungry, a little cold and very thirsty," he called to the rescuers above. Down came some red wine in a hose. Later, specially baked, rodlike loaves of bread were lowered into the tiny opening...