Word: rangers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Post-Mortems. Given Katanga's fierce animosity toward the U.N. and Hammarskjold, not to mention The Lone Ranger's known presence, the world immediately suspected that the crash was no accident. The Rhodesian government ordered a full investigation-including complete post-mortem examination of every body, although all but Hammarskjold's had been charred beyond recognition...
Radio Silence. Hammarskjold ordered elaborate precautions to stay away from The Lone Ranger. His flight was detoured to bring the Albertina within range of the marauder only after dark, and the big plane kept strict radio silence all the way. In addition, 15 airfields in the Congo and the Rhodesias had been alerted for a possible emergency landing...
Experts ruled out The Lone Ranger, said there was no evidence that the plane had exploded in midair. The "explosions," they said, were probably the plane's landing gear hitting treetops as it approached the Ndola field too low. "It looks like a typical case of power failure or faulty instruments," said one. Another possibility: pilot error. Captain Per-Erik Hallonquist, although a veteran of 7,000 hours and countless jungle flights, had been on continuous duty for 36 hours. But some doubt and suspicion would probably always linger over the wrecked DC-6 in the woods outside Ndola...
Laced Darkness. To make sure that it does not fall, the U.S. maintains in South Viet Nam a Special Forces military mission intended to stiffen Diem's 170,000-man army and to give anti-guerrilla instruction to selected Ranger units. A TIME correspondent last week reported on the work of a five-man U.S. group at Trung Lap, a village only 20 miles northwest of Saigon. With a force of four Ranger companies-two in training, two in the field-and a detachment of Civil Guards, the U.S. mission is fighting the Viet Cong for control...
...snap of small-arms fire was punctuated by the sledging blow of mortar explosions. Even under the wavering light of flare shells it was impossible to tell friend from foe. There was a movement, a silhouette running along the road. Was it a Viet Cong guerrilla or a Vietnamese Ranger? Even as the man passed it was impossible to tell...