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In the two battles, the Communists lost more than 1,200 men. U.S. casualties-240 dead, 470 wounded-were the worst of the war, higher than the Korean War's weekly average of 210 combat deaths. Costly as it was, Westmoreland calls it "an unprecedented victory" in the struggle...
"Down to Bare Bone." Right on cue, North Viet Nam President Ho Chi Minh answered the Pope's Christmas plea for peace with a typically savage diatribe against the U.S. Ho denounced "aggression by the American imperialists," accused the U.S. of setting up a "fascist dictatorship" in South Viet...
A powerful Titan II rocket swiftly shoved Gemini 6 into an elliptical orbit that dipped as close to earth as 100 miles (perigee) and swung as far away as 161 miles (apogee). The average velocity was 17,535 m.p.h., only 8 m.p.h. slower than planned. Even more important, a maneuver...
Later Geminis will fly two-day missions, primarily to practice rendezvous and docking; while on earth orbit, they will simulate the maneuver that will eventually bring Apollo's Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) back to the moon-orbiting command capsule for its return trip to earth. Next year will also...
Bluhdorn then decided on a strategically wise maneuver. He used his profits to buy into a more secure and promising business: auto replacement parts. In a Balkanized industry that has thousands of small suppliers, he figured that the best goal was to knit together a nationwide network of manufacturing plants...