Word: frogmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Girls & Frogmen. Marines are indoctrinated in boot camp that there is no such thing as a "friendly" beach, and as they dashed ashore, they were ready for anything-except perhaps the winsome welcoming committee of Vietnamese girls bearing garlands of yellow dahlias and red gladioli. Even General Karch, 47, and a very tough gent, was hard put to maintain his composure while being festooned with posies...
...small stabilizing parachute opened, then the 84-ft. main chute lowered the capsule into the ocean at 30 ft. per second. It was spotted quickly by helicopters from the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain, which picked it up with the help of frogmen...
Quebec City was an armed camp. On roads leading into the French Canadian provincial capital, police flagged down motorists and searched their cars. The airport and railway station swarmed with plainclothesmen. On the cliffs overlooking the St. Lawrence River, khaki-clad Canadian army troops took their positions while Navy frogmen ran a final check for mines in the dock area of Wolfe's Cove. Yellow police barricades lined the city streets, and knots of helmeted riot police stood ready. Their orders were clear: all demonstrations were banned...
...TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). Report on the U.S. Navy training program for frogmen and sea-land-air teams. Repeat...
...Twentieth Century (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). A documentary, "Frogmen of the Future," on underwater training techniques taught by the U.S. Navy...