Word: combative
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weapon. Of late, however, newsmen, fighting men and Congressmen alike have suggested that the wicked little (7 lbs., 39 in.) automatic rifle can be as dangerous to friend as it is to foe. Though-at the urging of General William Westmoreland-it has become the standard weapon for U.S. combat troops in Viet Nam, its critics charge that the M-16 tends to jam during the intensive firing for which it was designed, leaving many an infantryman helpless in close-up combat...
...Department shied away from its politically unpopular proposal to merge federal Reserve and the state-run Guard. Instead, it recommended outright elimination of 15 understrength Guard divisions, four Reserve brigades and many other smaller units. Total authorized personnel would shrink by only 38,500-to 640,000-because surviving combat units would be reinforced to permit their deployment within eight weeks of call-up and some new outfits would be formed. All combat components would be in the Guard, which would have eight divisions and 18 brigades on quick-response status. The active Reserve would consist entirely of training...
...division), Walt fought the kind of war that the terrain demanded and his experience dictated. As popular with his troops as with the Vietnamese urchins he daily fed candy, Walt was known to enlisted men as "our squad leader in the sky" because of his tireless helicopter visits to combat areas. His blue eyes often misted over the sight of wounded Marines; yet they could freeze like an arctic night at the sight of an officer derelict in duty. A general and more than one full colonel were booted out of Viet Nam under the assault of Walt...
...problem became acute late in 1965, when troops were out on combat operations for days on end with no chance to change their socks or dry their feet. Their feet became white, wrinkled, and so painful that at best it was difficult to walk. For some, it was impossible. These men had to be evacuated. Warm-water foot was causing more casualties than the Viet Cong...
...doctors reported in last week's Journal of the A.M.A. that many of the men finished the test with white and wrinkled (though painless) feet, suggesting the possibility that the silicone grease may be only a retardant. But already, tests under combat conditions in Viet Nam show that the grease is highly effective...