Word: lanyard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...died, eleven were injured and 33 helicopters were damaged beyond repair. In all, Hester wreaked more havoc on the base in 24 hours than the Viet Cong or the North Vietnamese army could have done in six months. It was a sadly appropriate sendoff. Last week Kroesen pulled the lanyard on an artillery piece and officially fired the last round of the Americal in combat...