Word: koreans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Monsoon rains are already pelting South Viet Nam, but U.S. officers are confident that "we'll be able to cope with anything they can throw, rain or shine," as Major General Stanley ("Swede") Larsen, commander of U.S. and Korean ground forces in the Central Highlands, put it. Though the Reds have not mounted a single offensive operation of more than battalion size since Jan. 1, many officers in Saigon expect them to strike in considerable force some time before summer's end, quite possibly at the narrow waist of South Viet Nam in the Central Highlands area. "They...
...gets in over his head with his faulty and ambiguous statements about the dying youth of America and their behavior in time of war. Washington's biggest problem concerning G.I.s in Viet Nam is their morale. It is not unlike the problem the U.S. had in the Korean War, and the good Senator isn't helping...
...seeking to adapt to these changes, the U.S. must skillfully manipulate its continually growing military machine. Because of the Vietnamese war, the armed forces have increased from 2,644,632 in April 1965 to 3,005,000-the largest contingent the U.S. has mustered since the Korean War. The Army, now with 1,150,000 men, will grow to 1,206,000 by June of 1967. The Navy has increased its fleet from 781 combat ships to 912. The Air Force has just about finished an expansion of its tactical fighter wings from 16 to 21. The U.S. already...
...admit, if somewhat reluctantly, that the threat of the draft still pulls in many applications. "Enrollment always varies with the student's evaluation of the world situation," says Major William F. Scott, associate professor of Military Science. Scott points out that enrollment in ROTC declined sharply immediately after the Korean War, then increased again with the Berlin crisis in 1961. Enrollment, Scott expects, should increase again next year...
...Johnson, 75, Harry Truman's Defense Secretary from 1949 to 1950, a longtime H.S.T. crony, whose strong presidential-campaign support ($250,000 from his own pocket) won him the defense post, where he sharply reduced U.S. defenses, a stance that drew angry criticism over U.S. unpreparedness in the Korean War; following a series of strokes; in Washington...