Word: terrains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surmised that Norris, finding himself in a blizzard as he started to land, abandoned his authorized approach and headed eastward at 9,000 ft. toward what he hoped would be clear sky. "Then, either because they believed they had sufficient altitude to clear the terrain or because they were unable to climb higher due to structural ice, the aircraft leveled off," said the CAB. "At that time they struck the first trees and were unable to avoid the final impact with the mountain...
...Airmobile Division will have little armor and therefore not much staying power in battle. But it should make up for that with its mobility and fast striking force. It will, said McNamara, be "capable of conducting operations in all types of terrain. It can react quickly and maneuver rapidly over large areas. It can reconnoiter, screen wide fronts, delay hostile forces, and conduct raids behind enemy lines. The division is particularly effective in locating and maintaining contact with the enemy." In other words, it seemed tailor-made for Viet...
...packed into a freight train bound for the fatherland. They manage to subdue their Nazi guards (negligible opposition), don Nazi uniforms (good fit), and bluff or blast their way through Florence, Verona, Milan, and a burning fuel depot into Switzerland. A train pursued by troops and planes across enemy terrain can be counted on to boil over with excitement from time to time, and one battle scene filmed at dizzying altitudes in the Italian Alps brings the action to a peak...
...Chinese Communist intervention. The Chinese, he feels sure, are unlikely to enter the war. "Chinese and Communist Vietnamese interests are by no means identical." Besides, there are "insuperable logistic difficulties." The distance from the Chinese to the South Vietnamese border is 650 miles, and the route lies over rugged terrain through a narrow coastal strip that can be easily attacked from sea or air. Moreover, Chinese transport remains as shoddy as it was during the Korean War. Whenever Chinese troops moved more than 450 miles beyond their supply lines at the Yalu, they bogged down...
...southern Vermont try Haystack Mountain in Wilmington, a new area this year which offers a double chair and three T-bars. Visionary long-range plans call for a gondola and two more chairs, but the present equipment opens up 75 acres of skiable terrain at all levels of difficulty. Slightly further north, Stratton Mountain begins its third season with a new 5100-foot Heron double chair and 30 acres of new trials. Stratton is one of the most substantial of the new developments and the lifts, trails and lodge have all been carefully--and expensively--built. The area's four...