Word: muleback
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...language and a stomach that could take the glutinous rice and fiery red peppers he was served when traveling about the back country. He shot craps with the governor of the province, drank bourbon with Meo tribesmen. One main job was bouncing into small villages by plane, Jeep or muleback to show propaganda films about Communist terrorism. Filmed in Laos, the movies were accompanied by up-to-date versions of the traditional mohlam ballads (a kind of Laotian version of calypso) and were tremendously popular...
...Post's outfit filed forward for the payoff battle of San Juan Hill, it seemed as if they were being reviewed by a long-legged, black-clad civilian on muleback who sported a red tie and a straw boater. It was William Randolph Hearst, whose yacht lay offshore. "Hey, Willie!" yelled the troops. The deadpan press lord managed only the ghost of a smile, doffed his boater and said mildly, "Boys, good luck be with...