Word: commands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Silver Star, three Bronze Stars and an Army Commendation medal during his ten-month tour in Viet Nam. When he reported one torture, he says, "Colonel Franklin suggested that if I was so damned morally offended by that, I should think about leaving." Herbert was relieved of his command on April 4, 1969. The Army says it is investigating Herbert's charges, but he reports that he has been repeatedly told "to cool it," because, as one officer at Fort McPherson told him, "We don't want another...
...helicopters). Flown by pilots whom even other pilots describe as "crazy," they buzz along at treetop level to draw fire and expose enemy positions. For protection, the lOHs rely mainly on their 150 m.p.h. speed. In Laos, that has not been enough; six have been lost and the U.S. command has limited 10H flights across the border...
...scouts were doing last week when they made their annual visit to Kansas City, Mo., to inspect the 32 teams playing for the championship of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Because the N.A.I.A.'s 558 member schools are classified as "small colleges" their athletes do not command the kind of publicity that is heaped on the big-college stars. Nonetheless, as the number of pro-basketball teams has grown from nine to 28 in the past nine years, scouts have found that thinking small can reap big rewards. Ask the world champion New York Knickerbockers. No fewer than...
...uncanny command of stagecraft, that arsenal of small gestures and bits of business that an actor uses to establish his character for the audience. In the final scene of a 1962 production of The Merchant of Venice, Scott, playing Shylock, held a handkerchief belonging to his daughter Jessica. The production was staged outdoors, near a lake in New York's Central Park, and every night a gentle wind blew across the stage. To signify Shylock's loss of Jessica, Scott simply released the handkerchief, and the wind carried it away. In O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms...
...Nghi, forward command post of the South Vietnamese 1st Corps and 1st Infantry Division near the Laotian border, Brig. Gen. Pham Van Phu, division commander, said the entire 1st Regiment of his outfit had been pulled out of operation and returned to Vietnam...