Word: resurvey
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Dienbienphu's commander, General Christian de Castries, took advantage of the lull to resurvey his battered position, and he decided that a couple of northwestern outposts were too exposed. He therefore abandoned these outposts under sharp Red fire and realigned most of his 12,000-man force inside one bristling, unbroken perimeter some 1 ½ miles in diameter, leaving only one strong point isolated three miles to the south. De Castries stiffened the new perimeter with fresh, air-dropped reinforcements-infantry volunteers with only a few hours' parachute instruction and no practice-and built up his ammunition stocks...
...learn that 30% were afraid to go home. Now, said Acheson. the U.S. is stuck with the problem; it could not agree to send men home against their will to what may be death. Acheson recounted five separate unsuccessful attempts to persuade the Reds to let some neutral agency resurvey the prisoners' desires...