Word: regimentation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They were prepared to dislike Whitelaw. "It used to be axiomatic in making postings that you never sent a nice officer to an Irish regiment," recalled an M.P. recently during a Commons debate on Ulster. Whitelaw, moreover, was a man of the Establishment who had been to Winchester and Cambridge, had soldiered with honor in the Scots Guards, and had gone on to Parliament. Little known outside the Commons, Whitelaw became the leader of the Tories' liberal wing on almost every issue from Rhodesia to labor relations. He also was influential in persuading Prime Minister Heath to institute direct...
...Viet Cong resurgence in much of the Delta has been made possible by the transfer of ARVN troops to beleaguered regions elsewhere. The veteran 21st Division and one regiment of the 9th Division were pulled out in April to relieve the forces at An Loc; five other regiments in the Delta have been assigned to guard the major infiltration route from Cambodia, where two North Vietnamese divisions are trying to cross the frontier into South Viet Nam. "If I can contain the enemy to the north," says Lieut. General Nguyen Vinh Nghi, 39, commander of Military Region IV (the Delta...
Even if Steiner had put all his power to the test, his backing of HSA would have been like the Marines backing a regular regiment of Thieu's Army. On May 5, 1972, HSA was forced to mail out cancellation notices to those who had subscribed to five of its seven charter flights to Europe. HSA, due to competition from lower-than-ever youth fare rates, could simply not corner the Harvard market as it had done in the past...
...that happened because two British army regiments-the 3rd Carabiniers and The Royal Scots Greys-decided to merge early in 1971 and form The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. To honor the new armored infantry regiment, now stationed in West Germany, RCA's European division released an LP by the guards' 48-member bagpipe band. A few months ago, a late-night disk jockey in London took a fancy to one of the tracks on the album, Amazing Grace, and began promoting it. As performed first by the soloist, Pipe Major Tony Crease, then by the full band...
...escape route to Pleiku from Kontum was opened to civilian traffic yesterday for the first time in ten days. It had been blocked by a North Vietnamese regiment...