Word: marinese
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While the orders pinpointed the troubles in Nicaragua and Guatemala (see THE HEMISPHERE), they showed a U.S. firmness toward Castro & Co. that was notably missing in the days before the election. Henceforth, Navy patrol planes will scan the east coast of Central America while the Shangri-La squadron operates in...
By midafternoon, with some 20 people already dead, Ngo Dinh Diem still held out in his barricaded palace. Emissaries shuttled back and forth between the two sides. Diem offered to fire his Cabinet but refused the rebel demand that he resign. Diem's stubborn courage began to pay off...
Nixon voted early (at 7:35 a.m. in a green stucco ranch house) so that East Coast afternoon papers would have photographs in time, saw to it that he and Pat emerged from the booths at the same time, smiled at each other for photographers as they handed in their...
In full view of Castro spotters on the hills surrounding Guantanamo last week, some 3,000 U.S. sailors and marines with full combat gear moved into position in an "exercise" simulating the defense of the base against overland attack. At the same time. Rear Admiral Allen Smith Jr., commander of...
At week's end, 1,450 Marines, who had been on training maneuvers with the fleet, landed at Guantánamo. The U.S. made it clear in advance of their arrival that they were there for a weekend's rest, not invasion. But that calm word seemed to...