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...rebel sector, the smell of rotting flesh and burning rubble still sickened the air. Heavily armed bands of youths roamed the area, yelling "Viva la constitutión! Viva Bosch!" "Let the Yankees come and get us," snarled one submachine gun-toting rebel. All through the week snipers continued to flit from house to house, pecking away at U.S. troops hemming them in. One night a rebel motorboat in the Ozama River made life difficult for the 82nd Airborne. "Eventually," explained a laconic paratroop captain, "we got tired of that, so we sank it." In other action, the paratroopers blasted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic: Two Governments, Face to Face | 5/14/1965 | See Source »

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