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...Bellows Field, Sub-Lieut. Iyozoh Fujita, flying a Zero fighter from the Japanese carrier Soryu on his first combat mission, saw his flight commander shot down by an enraged soldier furiously firing a Browning automatic rifle. Both Fujita and Abe survived the war. Abe, now 69, became a rear admiral in Japan's postwar Maritime Self-Defense Force; Fujita, now 64, was a pilot for Japan Air Lines until his retirement in 1977, making regular runs in Boeing 747 jumbo jets to the mainland U.S.-and Hawaii...
...offers no alternative to large-scale reductions and seems more interested in scolding Warnke for describing NATO build-up plans in terms of their political motivations. The new systems would be "ideal for striking logistical 'choke points' at the rear of an attacking Soviet army," Walt says. Warnke and numerous other experts have pointed out that existing U.S. land-and sea-based missiles could easily stop advancing armies if reducing all of Europe to a radioactive wasteland became desirable strategy...
...sidewalk. But Chapman sensed no danger until the man thrust his hand into his jacket and started after him. Chapman dodged around his car and ducked for cover as seven shots rang out. Two 7.65-cal. bullets from the gunman's semiautomatic Beretta pistol slammed into the right rear fender of the car, and another hit the right rear side, but Chapman and his driver escaped unhurt...
...should know better, stated flatly that the proposed improvements in NATO long-range theatre nuclear forces provide no possible military advantage. This statement is easily challengeable. For example, the precision and remarkable accuracy of these systems could make them ideal for striking logistical "choke-points" at the rear of an attacking Soviet army...
...that allows a handicapped person to drive literally without lifting a finger. The car is equipped with a "voiced word recognition system" that will carry out spoken commands from the driver. A disabled motorist can operate the lights and other instruments and adjust the driver's seat and rear-view mirrors simply by talking to the machine...