Word: combative
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...four of ASPAC's members already have combat troops in the field in South Viet Nam: South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and, of course, South Viet Nam itself. Last week the Philippines made it a majority. Both houses of the Philippine Congress approved the assignment of a 2,000-man Philippine force to Viet Nam. The units, one of engineers and one of security troops, are already in training and will likely report for duty next month...
...first move was to encourage pri vate foreign investment in India's des perately inadequate fertilizer industry (TIME, May 27). Then the government removed controls on eleven basic indus tries, including cement, iron and steel forging, and timber products. Two weeks ago, the rupee was devalued,* to combat inflation, shelter domestic manufactures against foreign competition, and make exports more salable in world markets. The Finance Ministry an nounced that it was working on an import-liberalization plan...
...time he had first volunteered for Viet Nam, he explained to his wife that it would be a good idea to get his combat duty over with. Then, after only 22 months at a school in Fort Knox, Bill Carpenter volunteered to serve an other term. "He just felt like he should be there," recalls Toni, who lives in Monroe, N.Y., with their three children. "He liked to be with the troops...
...that he had tried to push into Phase 3 too soon; he retreated into the hills and paddies to reassemble his forces. The chance for annihilation came at Dienbienphu, when the French, thinking Giap still had no heavy artillery, dropped paratroops into a valley, hoping to draw Giap into combat. But Giap had obtained over 100 American 105-mm. howitzers from the Red Chinese, carted them through the jungle and over the mountains, and pounded the French forces to pieces in the valley below. In fact, at Dienbienphu he annihilated only 4% of the French force in Viet...
None of the Buddhist maneuvers seemed to faze the energetic Premier. Instead of resigning, Ky was busy consolidating his strength in the Hue-based I Corps, whose officers had been in rebellion against the government in Saigon. Working carefully, he finally felt strong enough to dispatch 400 combat police to take over Hue. His cops entered the city without interference, arrested Hue's own rebellious police, and ordered the altars removed. And as the fasting Tri Quang grew so weak that he was admitted to a local military hospital, Ky happily announced that all was well. So well that...