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...control, we've got two Marine K.I.A.s [killed in action]." The response was terse: "Do you know where the bodies are?" Doctors were called for; firefighting equipment was requested and then told to stay away because of the shelling. A large secondary explosion was reported across the runway. "The ammo storage area's been hit," said a voice shaking with emotion. Worse yet, Communist troops were pushing into some of the city's suburbs...
...American and South Vietnamese refugees from Tan Son Nhut airbase near Saigon. But by last week, the airlift was growing increasingly dangerous. Artillery shells and rockets closed Tan Son Nhut airport Monday morning. Next day a U.S. C-130 transport was hit by a rocket on the runway and burst into flames as the crew escaped. A short tune later, two U.S. Marine corporals guarding the U.S. defense attache's compound at Tan Son Nhut were killed by Communist artillery...
...need not look far to see why the prospect of Stanley Hathaway as Interior Secretary frightens those who care about this country's environment. As governor, Hathaway consistently opposed the philosophy and programs of the Department of Interior. He supported extending an airport runway into Grand Teton National Park...
...some, the phrase "Operation Babylift" became associated with a government policy less noble than the words implied. Cynical suspicion mounted that the Administration was seeking to build political capital, a view bolstered by the sight of the President cradling a newly arrived orphan. "Seeing Jerry Ford walking down the runway with that baby in his arms, I wanted to throw a shoe at the TV," said Mrs. Blair Cooter, the mother of a nine-month-old Vietnamese boy adopted last year...
Taxiing at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut Airport one night last week, a World Airways cargo jet was ordered over the radio to hold its position on the runway. "There are V.C. on the airfield," the tower warned. Suddenly, the runway lights were turned off, the field was closed-and the U.S.-bound DC-8, with 58 Vietnamese orphans and World President Edward Daly aboard, fired up its engines and took off in darkness. Said Pilot Kenneth Healy later: "It seemed like the time to go." On the five-hour flight to a refueling stopover at Japan...