Word: commands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Command also announced that the phased withdrawal of American troops is proceeding faster than the announced schedule, with less than 344,000 soldiers now remaining...
...technology, not one of men. During the last several years, the U. S. military has reversed its policy of massive ground war and has instead employed a sophisticated range of machinery to enforce America's will in Southeast Asia. Veterans of the war would scarcely recognize the American command posts in Vietnam if they returned to them today. Instead of guns and arms and all the familiar furniture of colonial warfare, they would see a maze of "electronic battlefields" programmed with up-to-date communication, spewing forth "enemy" positions in any given area. They would see a complex of computers...
...according to public pronouncements by both Defense Secretary Melvin Laird and Secretary of State William Rogers, nearly all U.S. troops will be out of combat. North Vietnamese infiltration into the South totaled 50,000 men in the first seven months of 1970, according to the U.S. command in Saigon. Enemy troops are now infiltrating into South Viet...
...IMAGE: We have recruited 50% of our [1,000] new agents from the officer corps in Viet Nam. You get a man who has been in command of men and he has to use good judgment. They all have to be above average in personal appearance. You won't find long hair or sideburns a la Namath here. There are no hippies. The public has an image of what an FBI agent should look like...
Captain Dale Dover, who finished with 17 points and five assists, took command in the opening minutes, driving and twisting for lay-ups and playing tight defense against Dartmouth scoring threat James Brown. Brown scored on only six of 24 field goal attempts...