Word: choppering
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...faculty at Wolters and Rucker consists increasingly of gung-ho Viet Nam veterans who imbue their students with the sense of mission that marks their units in the war zone. "The heli copter has done a great job," one gunship pilot tells his students. "If the chopper hadn't been in Viet Nam, that place would have been long gone by now." The close-cropped heads of warrant officer candidates nod enthusiastically. Says Major General John Tolson, commander of the Army Aviation Center: "They don't seem to find what they want in college. They just want...
...refer disparagingly to Henry Moyers as "a onetime cotton chopper, candy salesman and truck driver," and to say he was "never much of a moneymaker," is to bemean the virtues that built this great country. Unprivileged by today's standards, Henry worked hard at the jobs available to him, saved when he could, guided his sons masterfully, and today looks at every man with a level gaze. As an employee of Thiokol Chemical Corporation, he makes us proud of him and proud of his sons...
...still on the ground." Suddenly, the frantic voice of a U.S. soldier broke into the narrative. "Get him up! Get him out! Get him up!" he screamed. Back came the CBS man: "The helicopter takes off quickly, heading straight north. The air strike is held for a moment. The chopper makes it safely...
Moyers' father, Henry, is a onetime cotton chopper, candy salesman and truck driver who is now a timekeeper at an ordnance works near Marshall, Texas. Henry Moyers never ceases to wonder at Bill's present eminence, for he entertained far less lofty ambitions for both of his sons (James, 38, joined the White House staff Sept. 1 as an administrative assistant). "It makes you awfully proud," says he, "to have raised two boys and to look back and say the police never called to say, 'We've got them in jail...
...would exclaim, using his two favorite words as he moved from base installation to command post to hill lookout sketching all the while. At one point a helicopter almost landed on half a dozen of his drawings spread out on the grass. "Please, please!" Koerner shouted at the whirling chopper Save my drawings...