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...eighth time in the war, Guam-based B-52s roared in to plaster the Demilitarized Zone above the 17th parallel, this time in support of a 1,500-man Marine sweep south of the DMZ. Storming ashore from amphibious landing craft and coming to earth in choppers, the Marines met no significant contact, by week's end had killed only 30 Reds-a sharp contrast to their operation in the DMZ last July when 824 Communists were cornered and killed...
...troubles they must overcome before landing men on the moon and returning them safely to earth. The practice paid off handsome ly. From its improbably precise launch, made within a tiny, two-second "win dow" of time, to its all-but-perfect splashdown 21 miles from the recovery carrier Guam, Gemini 11 proved to be an able instructor indeed...
...Tapao are a troop carrier wing and an air transport unit, for funneling American men and materiel into the area. The thick new strip will be the only one in the region designed to support the B-52 bombers, which now fly 5,200-mile round trips from Guam for their missions in Viet Nam. Though there are no present plans to make U-Tapao a full-time B-52 base, the huge birds may well use the new nest as a turn-around point from where they could rearm or refuel...
...carried 1,200-mile-range A-1 Polaris missiles. Now the Navy is on the way toward fitting most of the 41 missile-equipped subs with the 2,500-mile-range A-3 Polaris. Nuclear energy gives them unparalleled mobility and almost indefinite sea-keeping capacity; based in Spain, Guam and Scotland, they patrol up to 60 days each, returning to port to change their 140-man crews. Not surprisingly, the Soviet Union has tried to follow suit, is believed to have up to 15 nuclear-powered subs; each is equipped with three 500-mile-range missiles...
After four years, two of them as a navigator in SAC B-52s, I'm ready to hang it up. I haven't enjoyed much of it, but then nobody guaranteed me that I would. I have seen England, Hawaii, Okinawa, Bermuda, Guam, South Dakota. I've pulled Alert away from my family an average of three days a week. I've climbed over, banged on, shined flashlights into, and learned to love "The Bomb." I've seen Viet Nam from the air 21 times, and I've had my teeth worked...