Word: patroling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...highest point for any civilization, democratic or totalitarian, in recorded history. While ours is assuredly a free society, it has nonetheless become commonplace for an American citizen to be arrested by an armed officer of the law. Indeed, so frequently have such arrests become--in 1965 the California Highway Patrol alone made one million--that that experience has ceased to be regarded for what it is at law and has come to be looked on as a rather routine accompaniment of modern life. One may well question whether the instincts of a free people will not one day be impaired...
...model class, consisting of sixteen area high school students, discussed a hypothetical dilemna of a soldier in Vietnam. Sent out on patrol, the soldier spots a peasant riding a bicycle in an area the villagers have been told is restricted. Since he appears to be innocent, though presumably he has been warned against entering the area, should the soldier shoot him, try to capture him, or disobey orders and ignore...
...response to these questions represents the weakest point in the Administration's case. "Review of action makes many reported contacts and torpedoes fired appear doubtful," wired Captain John Herrick, commander of the patrol. "Freak weather effects and overeager sonarman may have accounted for many reports. No actual visual sightings by Maddox, suggest complete evaluation before any further action." With access to classified information, Herrick has since changed his mind. McNamara says that he has "unimpeachable" intelligence, probably intercepted North Vietnamese radio messages, to verify independently not only that Hanoi planned an attack on the U.S. destroyers but also that...
...Saigon, the main enemy threat still hung over the northern provinces below the DMZ. The siege around Khe Sanh closed tighter than ever; the outpost is now surrounded by two divisions and a regiment. As the NVA crept closer and closer to the camp's perimeter, one probing patrol of South Vietnamese Rangers hardly got outside the camp when they came under heavy enemy attack and had to retreat. In a way, the entire northern edge of South Viet Nam has come under the same sort of siege. Allied strength is clustered in pockets of outposts or in major...
...Lieut. Richard W. Pershing, 24, grandson of World War 1's General of the Armies John J. ("Black Jack") Pershing; of combat wounds; near Quang Tri, Viet Nam. A Yale graduate who received his Army commission seven months ago, Pershing went to Viet Nam and was leading a patrol in search of a member of his platoon when he was killed in a Viet Cong ambush...