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...like pentothal and Amytal. The purpose of these drugs is to banish a patient's inhibitions and "bring him out of himself." One of the most effective of these drugs-and most bizarre in its brain-stabbing effects-is lysergic acid diethylamide, better known to the trade as LSD...
...Landing Ship - Utility), the former LCT, carries five 30-ton tanks or 150 tons of combat cargo discharged over a bow ramp. Generally transported to landing area aboard an LST, LSD or cargo ship. Length: 120 feet...
...three high-speed transports which had accompanied us, the two destroyers which stood in close to Wolmi, and the three rocket craft resting in a half-moon formation. "Lower the stern gate," barked a loudspeaker. The marines scrambled back to the landing craft; the low barrier separating the LSD's welldeck from the sea outside was cranked down. Slowly the tankand troop-laden LSUs backed stern first into the open...
...left the beach in an LCVP which was taking casualties back to the LSD. There were surprisingly few. Only 17 marines had been wounded in the attack, none of them fatally. The assault had succeeded so well for two reasons. It had been made where the North Koreans had not suspected we would hit in force. And the superb sea-air-land teamwork, far smoother than any I had seen in World War II Pacific campaigns, had never given the enemy a chance either to dig in his troops adequately or to bring up reinforcements...
...LSD (Landing Ship-Dock) carries smaller craft within easy reach of beachhead, unloads them by flooding its welldeck, floating them out its stern gates. A versatile ocean-going ferry, the LSD can also be used as a mobile drydock. Length: 457 feet...