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Word: chopper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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bawled the fight fans in the tiny Mexi can town. It was 1941, and the skinny, 21 -year-old American college boy calling himself "Chopper" Hood slugged away at his Mexican opponent. "After a little while," recalls the Chopper, "I realized that what they were yelling was 'Kill the Yankee!' " Thus, if somewhat inauspiciously, began Gringo Hood's longtime friendship with Latin America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alianza: The Peace Corps Approach | 2/26/1965 | See Source »

...blizzard. This, if nothing else, gave a fascinating revelation of the seating order of Hope's entourage when he is on the move: the stricken helicopter contained Singer John Bubbles, Madman Jerry Colonna, Bandleader Les Brown, and only one female, Actress Janis Paige. Meanwhile, in the other chopper, were Hope, Jill St. John, Anita Bryant, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and Ann Sidney, the British girl who is Miss World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road: Holiday Hope | 1/8/1965 | See Source »

...contrast, a spur-of-the-moment raid in Quang Nam province caught the Communists with their black pajamas down. The 17-chopper "Eagle" force dropped 54 Rangers on a company of surprised Viet Cong; the toll was 17 Red dead, 21 captured. To the precariously balanced Saigon regime of Premier Tran Van Huong, still hanging on despite another week of student demonstrations, the lesson was painfully clear: any operation plan more than eight hours in the making is bound to be found out by the Viet Cong. Just as the French learned during their long, losing Indo-China campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Operation Backfire | 11/27/1964 | See Source »

...counter the effect of armed U.S. helicopters, the Communist Viet Cong have placed a price on the head of every chopper crew. Kill a helicopter and you win 35,000 piasters ($486). Last week the Viet Cong were doing well for themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: $486 Per Chopper | 10/16/1964 | See Source »

...mere three minutes' flying time from Saigon, heavily armed HU-1B spotted a concentration of guerrillas. "There's a whole mess of VC nice and open right under us," announced the pilot over his radio. "We're going down after them." The chopper descended, .60-cal. machine guns clattering, rockets dropping from the pods. "Watch them go," cried the pilot, Captain Gary Riggins of Antioch, Calif. These were his last words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: $486 Per Chopper | 10/16/1964 | See Source »

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