Word: patroling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...currently using his National Police to clean up An Khanh, a shantytown across the Saigon River that seethes with smugglers and bandits. Southerners accuse him of building a police state. "Hell, no," he says. "We don't even have enough gasoline to keep our Jeeps on 24-hour patrol...
...Charlie's booby traps and land mines, and the casualties are growing. In the U.S. Marine sectors alone, booby-trap incidents have increased from an average of three a day in January to nearly eight a day last month. Wherever he goes, every foot soldier on every patrol knows his next step may be his last...
...reduce their losses, most U.S. units in Viet Nam now send their combat troops through special crash courses in booby traps. The Marines have cut in half the number of casualties caused by each mine by an order that men on patrol must remain at least 15 yards apart. But the price of life is constant vigilance, and it is a price that even the best of soldiers sometimes forget to pay. Near Danang recently, a veteran Marine sergeant, who should have known better, tried to pull up an anti-American sign stuck in a paddy dike. Both...
...clear that in order for U.N. economic sanctions to be effective, South African trade with Rhodesia will have to be stopped. If the Vorster government proves recalcitrant, a U.N. force would have to patrol the South African coast, inspect ships, and allow through only what is deemed essential for South Africa. It might even be necessary to clamp down on railway traffic. Such a project would be frightening for Vorster to consider. A successful economic boycott of Rhodesia might convince the world community that something can be done about South Africa...
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