Word: marinese
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Furthermore, Betancourt took his military chiefs into his political confidence. They were consulted on opposition to Castro, petroleum policy and other executive decisions. When his regime was subjected to terrorist attacks and a rightist assassination plot, the armed forces backed him all the way. The military's finest hour...
Truckloads of red-kerchiefed, insurgent marines were already racing toward the heart of Saigon. A primary target was police headquarters, where some troops surrounded the building while others rushed inside to put pro-Diem officials under arrest. Other groups of troops showed up at navy headquarters, on the banks of...
There was little threat to U.S. lives; no American was even injured in the Saigon fighting. In fact, for all the flying lead, it was reported that only 100 Vietnamese lost their lives in the 17 hours of battle. As the afternoon wore on, one rebel bomber missed his target...
Next, the U.S. is making no more commitments at present under its $12 million-a-month program of paying for imported U.S. foodstuffs and manufactured goods, which the government sells to help balance its war budget. The result of that move is also in doubt, since Diem has $168 million...
One day last week a T-28 fighter-bomber flown by a U.S. Air Force captain and his Vietnamese crewman crashed on a dive-bombing run southwest of Danang, near the Laotian border. When two UH-34 Marine helicopters, carrying a search-and-rescue party, fluttered into the guerrilla-infested...