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Deeper inside Laos, at an outpost known as Hill 31, an ARVN airborne battalion was locked in a ferocious seesaw struggle with a Communist force of up to 2,000 men, backed by Soviet-made PT-76 light tanks. As the fighting raged, the smoking hulks of broken Communist tanks and shattered U.S. helicopters littered the battlefield; B-52 strikes thundered so close, said a downed chopper crewman, that the dust "made our eyes water." Though the outcome of the battle remained in doubt at week's end, the Lam Son toll was already substantial: in three weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Indochina: Tough Days on the Trail | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

After Kennedy graduated from Harvard and entered the Navy, Ulen read of his famed PT 109 exploit-in which ?e saved several members of his PT boat crew by swimming with them to a ?tropical island, dragging one crewman by his teeth...

Author: By Garrett Epps, | Title: Harvard Coaches Recall Kennedy As Frail and Mediocre Athlete | 10/21/1970 | See Source »

...news was announced in London by Pierre Salinger, one of Gramco's top officers. Salinger, still sporting a PT-109 tie clasp from the Kennedy years, also suggested that offshore funds need more official regulation. Speaking of the offshore fund business and some of his competitors in it, Salinger told newsmen: "Jesus, that is a rough game. They spend more time knifing each other than any bunch I've ever seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mutual Funds: Gramco: The Second Domino | 10/19/1970 | See Source »

Both Floyd Wilson, director of intramural athletics, and his assistant Rufus Peebles said yesterday it's too early to tell whether athletic participation has fallen off because of the end of PT...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dropping of PTs Saddens Jocks | 10/13/1970 | See Source »

...small group of others are taking advantages of the end of PT's to run around the Yard at 7 a.m., free from the obligation of stopping in at the stadium to drop off the coupon. "It gives us more time to plan our own schedules. it's just more convenient this way," said Mike Edmonds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dropping of PTs Saddens Jocks | 10/13/1970 | See Source »

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