Word: mortaring
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From a purely military standpoint, chemical and biological weapons have unique capabilities. They can be dispersed locally by hand grenades and land mines, or over broad areas with artillery shells, mortar rounds, bombs, airborne aerosols or even missiles like the Army's Sergeant. They constitute great offensive power that can be produced at relatively low cost. They are "search" weapons that seek out the enemy, even in his deepest bunkers, without destroying buildings or installations. In addition to those designed to kill, some agents can be used merely to disable...
...them or the war. "This business is meant to pacify the folks at home," commented a military policeman in Saigon. "We're going to stay here for a long time." Pfc. Jimmy Poston, born in Guam, a 20-year-old draftee who serves as an assistant gunner in a mortar platoon, is also unfazed. "All the political speeches and stuff don't mean anything when you're over here," he says. "Boy, you know they were talking about Viet Nam when...
...former defensive tackle for East Los Angeles College, Jaramillo enlisted in the Army because he "wanted some action." He has had plenty. He was awarded a Purple Heart and has been recommended for a Bronze Star for his leadership and courage during a mortar attack on his unit. He shrugs off the recognition: "I couldn't use no medals. Now if it were beer or money, O.K. But what's a medal gonna give...
...Operation Dewey Canyon two months ago, the 3rd Marine Division lost 121 men killed in action. But the Marine sweep turned up a cache of rockets, mortar shells, artillery rounds and other weapons that could have killed, by roughest estimate, 2,250 Americans in defensive positions. Whether and under what circumstances the armaments in this small arsenal would have been used, of course, is a question beyond such statistics...
...evacuation area. Hot shrapnel severs the leg muscles of another Marine so badly that doctors later say that he should have been unable to walk, yet he runs more than 200 yards to a medical-aid station. A man with a smashed knee crawls 40 yards to a mortar position, props himself on his elbows, and helps load shells for five hours before reporting his wound...