Word: combats
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SUBMARINE duty in the U.S. Navy is known as "the silent service," and for grim reason. In two world wars, combat subs have cloaked themselves in quiet while stalking enemy prey, and even in the deepwater missions of peace, their nuclear-powered successors maintain infrangible radio silence for as long as 13 days at a time. Last week, with the almost certain loss of U.S.S. Scorpion, that silence appeared tragically unwise and probably unnecessary...
SAME MUD, SAME BLOOD (NBC, 10-11 p.m.).* NBC News Correspondent Frank McGee's account of the role of the Negro soldier in Viet Nam, filmed during a month under combat conditions with the 101st U.S. Airborne Division. Repeat...
That jungle firefight took place more than two years ago, but it is still remembered as one of the first successful combat tests of the "starlight scope"-one of the prying electronic gadgets developed by the Defense Department "to take the night away from Charlie." Lieut. Hibbs was well briefed on the scope's importance; though mortally wounded, he smashed it against a tree rather than let it fall into the hands of the enemy. He won a posthumous Medal of Honor for his performance on that night patrol. Since then, thousands of starlight scopes have been shipped...
...merciless goading. As a mainstream tough-and-rumble military movie, The Devil's Brigade-which is based on actual events-offers few new sights or insights. After nearly three decades of World War II films, it is hardly surprising that Hollywood is beginning to suffer from combat fatigue...
...presence in Viet Nam, when so much of his military force was expended in fruitless hunts for an enemy refusing to stand and fight. But now set-piece battles are not welcome in Washington, because of the high rate of U.S. casualties that result from hand-to-hand combat...