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...Communist gunfire, sabotage or a freak accident may never be known, though Hanoi was quick to crow that its gunners had downed the bird. What was known was that the U.S. Marine Corps had lost its first division commander to be killed in any war: Major General Bruno A. Hochmuth, 56, two-star boss of the 26,000-man 3rd Marine Division, which has borne the brunt of the fighting in South Viet Nam this year...
...Hochmuth was also the first American general officer to lose his life in Viet Nam. (Air Force Major General William Crumm was killed last July in a B-52 collision over the South China Sea.) A lean, laconic Texan who delighted in raising both flowers and barbells, Hochmuth led the 3rd Marines through the heavy spring and summer fighting around Khe Sanh, Con Thien and Cam Lo on the lacerated lower lip of the Demilitarized Zone. With his forces spread thin over two entire provinces, "Curly" Hochmuth (so known for his bald head) fought a dogged, essentially defensive...
...Amandus Hochmuth, 86, swore he saw Defendant Hauptmann in a "dirty green" sedan at the entrance to the Lindberghs' lane near Hopewell the afternoon before the kidnapping...
Tactics used by Defense Counsel Edward J. Reilly to persuade the jury not to send his client to the electric chair: ¶ He was able to shoot holes through shaky old Witness Hochmuth's story, causing him to give conflicting accounts as to whether or not he had discussed his testimony with New Jersey officials...