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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bitch about being here," claims Captain Thomas Risan, an airline pilot now bombing and strafing Viet Cong fortifications with the 120th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Phan Rang. Calling themselves the "Raggedy-Ass Militia of Happy Valley," the 25 pilots and 350 maintenance crewmen of the 120th TFS have racked up more than 1,000 missions since reaching Viet Nam early in May. "What we got was real pros," says a regular chicken colonel at Phan Rang. "I thought we were going to get a bunch of weekend warriors forever bellyaching about hardships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: What Became of Those Reservists? | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

Boredom prompts men to take pride in goldbricking, inducing added ennui. Even the crack 120th TFS at Phan Rang has an accountant and a graduate in English slinging hash, a school principal pulling security guard, and a Denver assistant district attorney slaving as a clerk in the base legal office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: What Became of Those Reservists? | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

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