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Last week in new "triphibious" landing exercises at Camp Lejeune, helicopters shuttled to and from an aircraft carrier in formations of six, and brought in 2,000 troops. The 'copter groups flopped in behind theoretical enemy lines, disgorged their cargoes and were gone in less than 20 seconds. Many a Marine visualizes the day when a whole invading force might be shuttled ashore from scattered carriers, taking an enemy by surprise and eliminating the great clutter of small craft which is so vulnerable to atomic blast...
...bushed to fight off possible counterattacks. Six big Sikorsky HR51 helicopters, hugging the valleys to avoid enemy fire, reached the peak and, one after another, hovered 8 ft. above its top. The first marines scrambled down knotted ropes and quickly cleared landing spaces 25 ft. square. Fifteen more 'copters then disgorged the rest of the company. In all, about 220 men and eight tons of gear were moved. Gloated Major W. P. Mitchell, executive officer of the 'copter squadron: "I think this is just the beginning of this type of warfare...
...work clothes, followed by two well-dressed young women. In excellent English they explained that they had refused to join the Czech Communist Party and wanted refuge. The two men had worked for the Schiidlings-bekamp-fungsinstitut (Institute for Fighting Vermin), spraying plants with DDT from the copter. Instead of finishing their DDT run, they simply headed west. One of the girls had also worked for the institute, the other was just a friend. No romances, they said...
...Nations command, are leaving for Kaesong fully conscious of the importance of these meetings to the entire world. We are proceeding in good faith to do our part to bring about an honorable armistice . . ." The word "honorable" was heavily underscored. Supreme Commander Ridgway accompanied the admiral to his 'copter. As the machine rose, Joy, responding to the correspondents' farewells, crossed his fingers and rolled his eyes heavenward. Ridgway said to the newsmen, with unaffected earnestness: "This is a historic moment...
...marked with a large letter W. The eggbeaters settled down. Three uniformed North Koreans stepped forward, one a woman with glasses and long, straight, black hair. They had three jeeps, one Russian-made, the other two U.S. Army jeeps, one with the U.S. markings still visible. While the 'copter crews stayed with their machines, the U.N. negotiators and their aides got into the vehicles...