Word: marinese
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With neither beauty nor bounty to its credit, the volcanic island of Iwo Jima entered history with one of those grisly distinctions reserved for small bits of strategic land in wartime. In a 36-day battle that ranked as one of the bloodiest and bitterest of the Pacific war, 6...
The Army, the Navy, and the Merchant Marines have refused to participate in "Choice '68"--a nationwide poll of college students on Vietnam and the Presidency.
Despite bad weather, U.S. Navy and Air Force jets managed an average of 85 strikes a day against North Viet Nam, twice hitting a vital railroad-highway bridge and power plant in the port city of Haiphong. U.S. planes also kept up relentless pressure on the Communists surrounding the besieged...
Part of the massive North Vietnamese force surrounding the U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh sits in Laos. The North Viet namese may also be moving the Ho Chi Minh Trail westward and protecting its flanks against possible allied ground interdiction from South Viet Nam. And Giap might use a major...
∙LEE TREVINO, 28, 5 ft. 10 in., 180 Ibs., entered the U.S. Marines as a fairway hacker and emerged as a polished player-after a tour of duty on Okinawa, where "we had 'greens' covered with sand an inch or two deep." Trevino was a teaching pro...