Word: naval
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...that the U.S. must "make certain that the American interest in stability and keeping the area out of the reach of the Soviet Union is kept in mind by the world." Hart allowed that he would help Europe and Japan, both heavily dependent on Middle East oil, only with naval and air power. But he scoffed, "I can't believe that Vice President Mondale is prepared to send American people-young people-in there to fight for oil for West Germany...
...kiloton atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, killing approximately one hundred thousand people. In Nagasaki, three days later, another bomb is dropped, killing nearly seventy thousand people Shortly afterwards. American military and political leaders begin planning Operation Crossroads, designed to demonstrate the effects of atomic explosions on naval vessels...
...Baseball v. Naval Academy Prep, 3 p.m., Soldiers Field...
Lebanon might well be called the greatest foreign policy defeat for the U.S. in recent history [WORLD, March 5]. Our diplomatic decisions were a disaster because we were not an objective broker. Resorting to naval and military force only emphasized our ineptitude and reflected the desperation of our leaders...
...Coast. Units including the 82nd Airborne, the 26th Marine Amphibious Unit and some 250 Strategic Air Command and Tactical Air Command aircraft will take part in the operation. Among their activities will be amphibious landings and air assault operations on the Caribbean island of Vieques, site of a U.S. naval facility next door to Puerto Rico...