Word: convoying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vehicles, General Watson insisted that they climb inside. After a 43-minute argument, the Russians agreed and were escorted to the memorial by MPs. After another three-hour sitdown in which they objected to the escort, the Russians retaliated by dispatching a "quasi-escort" to shepherd a U.S. convoy on the Helm-stedt Autobahn...
Like the Real Thing. The maneuvers seemed almost as confusing as actual combat. At one point, the observing party headed by Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis LeMay had trouble even finding the fighting. A convoy of 59 trucks got lost on the Carolina roads. Guerrilla operations were carried out with startling realism. Several weeks ago, the guerrillas infiltrated the Carolina countryside, secured hideouts, persuaded civilians to act as sympathizers who would provide food, medical aid and other services. When the maneuvers began, more guerrillas parachuted into their areas, were greeted by civilian doctors that had been "won over...
Over the roads near Middleburg, Va., a convoy of limousines daily moved into a lavish colonial estate called Huntlands, only three miles from President Kennedy's winter weekend spot, Glen Ora.* Shielded from prying eyes by a high, cream-colored brick wall, diplomats from The Netherlands and Indonesia met with U.S. Mediator Ellsworth Bunker, former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Italy and India, to try to negotiate their dispute over the control of Netherlands New Guinea. Last week, after 4½ weary months, the negotiators shook hands on a deal...
...push during the rainy season, when the government's airlifting and air-striking power will be grounded. Already the reinforcements have emboldened the Viet Cong to strike prepared government positions for the first time in battalion strength. Last week nearly 500 Communists ambushed a government convoy, killed 23 Vietnamese and a U.S. Army captain; he was the seventh U.S. soldier killed in action since last December. To meet this Viet Cong buildup, two new government divisions are hastily being trained...
...army appeared to tangle indiscriminately. In four cities within four days, 80 people were killed and 160 wounded. Several Moslems suspected of being terrorists were caught by a crowd in Oran and burned alive in their car. In a mountain gorge near Bougie, the F.L.N. ambushed a French army convoy, killing 18 soldiers-the highest army losses in recent months...