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...next strong point-Tel Faqr -the Barak (Lightning) Battalion also lost most of its halftracks and was pinned down by fire. Groups of five and ten Israelis charged up the hill. The torpedo charges for breaching the barbed wire had been lost with the half tracks, and the first troopers threw themselves onto the wire so that their comrades could cross on their bodies. Losses were heavy from mines and machine guns: at least one in ten was killed before the Israelis who made it to the summit plunged into the tunnels to hunt down the defenders. At one point...
...like a torpedo," says Dr. Stanley H. Schuman, member of a four-man team of doctors and social scientists that has just finished a study of young male drivers for the University of Michigan. "Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for young men between 16 and 24. Although young male drivers amount to only one-eighth of all registered drivers, they are responsible for a third of all fatal accidents." As a result, they are being killed in epidemic proportions. Last year the total was 12,200-more than double the number of U.S. servicemen who died...
Infuriated, the Japanese struck back with their sole remaining carrier, the Hiryu. Diving through intense U.S. fire, the Japanese bombers and torpedo planes, far superior to then-existing American models, slammed three bombs through the carrier Yorktown. Among the casualties was Seaman George Weise, who was blown so high that he hit the wing of a passing plane-and survived...
...there were daily skirmishes last week between Egyptian and Israeli forces stationed along the Suez Canal. Egyptian artillery shelled Israeli positions on the east bank. The Israelis replied with withering rocket and cannon fire, finally sent in jets to strafe Egyptian artillery positions. They also sank two Soviet-made torpedo boats off the Gaza coast. As the week ended, the two sides were lobbing shells and bombs at each other across the canal in the heaviest battle since the U.N. imposed a cease-fire on June 10. In the air over Suez, the Israelis downed seven Egyptian planes, conceded...
...Egyptian supply ship El Quseir, the Israeli commanders attacked. Liberty's U.S. flag was shot away during the air attack and the "holiday ensign" (7 ft. by 13 ft.) run up to replace it as the attackers bore in was obscured by flames and smoke. After their torpedo run, Israeli PT-boat commanders evidently realized their mistake and stopped astern of Liberty to signal: "Do you need assistance?" When