Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rush to Rally. But the rout soon stopped. Major Chukwama Nzeogwu, 30, a hero of the 1966 coup that toppled Nigeria's civilian government and briefly installed Ibos in power (before a second revolt by Gowon's supporters that fueled the slaughter of Ibos), rushed to the front. "This is a war we must fight to win," he told the Biafran soldiers. "Anyone who runs away will be shot. You are better than the Northerners, all of you." To aid the Ibo regulars, more than 50,000 of the civil defense volunteers poured in from all over Biafra...
...lecturer at the Harvard Medical School is on his way to Saigon for a three-week study of South Vietnam's Medical conditions and the extent of civilian casualties resulting from...
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) said at the press conference announcing Knowles' appointment that the medical team is "the first that will determine the real extent of the civilian casualties in Vietnam...
...first time since Westmoreland was dispatched to Viet Nam more than three years ago that he has come anywhere near public disagreement with his civilian bosses. Concerned, the President called him to the White House for a harmony session. With McNamara present, he assured Westmoreland of his continued esteem and told him he would send as many troops as was feasible...
...mountain trails from Laos and North Viet Nam, move supplies, farm their paddyfields, build their bunkers, position their troops and launch many of their attacks. During the day, they generally disappear, sleeping and hiding beneath thick jungle canopies, taking refuge in hillside caves or melting back into the "peaceful" civilian population. The U.S. has long tried to interdict the Communists' nighttime movements by regularly shelling and bombing trails and camps where their presence was suspected. Now it has launched a new operation that is more precise and sophisticated in its nighttime harassment...