Word: troop
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...illuminating, especially the special section on the long history of fear and hate on the entire island of Hispaniola. It is common knowledge that a Dominican rebellion was bound to come. In fact, most political scientists predicted this long before the assassination of Trujillo. Therefore, the necessity for immediate troop movements by President Johnson did not come as a great surprise to Latin diplomats. The protection of our nationals and the prevention of a Communist take-over surely provided enough justification...
...aviation industry that Transport Specialist Boyd, 42, highly regarded for his outstanding performance at CAB?which he turned from a so-so agency into one of the best-run in Washington ?was going to be moved up. A Florida-born lawyer who logged more than 3,000 hours piloting troop carriers and combat planes in World War II, Boyd was first named to the CAB in 1959 by President Eisenhower. Two years later John Kennedy elevated him to chairman, a job to which he had been reappointed each year since...
...tanks with 90-mm. cannon and armored troop carriers, the 2nd Battalion of the 6th U.S. Marines rolled across the red dust of a once trim polo field on the western outskirts of Santo Domingo and moved cautiously into the war-torn capital of the Dominican Republic. As the columns churned down Avenida Independencia, past the empty side streets, people suddenly appeared in windows and doorways. Some waved. Others stared. A few spoke. "I wish the Americans would take us over," muttered a woman. A man near by sighed and nodded. "Since they are here, we had better take advantage...
Another pet project is the Norodom Sihanouk Museum, a converted colonial residence in the center of the capital, which boasts marble floors, two brand-new, porcelain-tiled bathrooms, and the ivory-inlaid bed in which Snookie was born. Peasants troop through in shoeless reverence to view the robes their Prince donned when he received an honorary doctorate in Indonesia, the army uniform he wore back in 1954 as a leader of Cambodian insurgents, and a certificate issued by French colonial authorities stating that Snookie indeed graduated from grade school. Also on hand: the revolver, holster and flight suit...
...week's end there was still no response from the royalist side. Undismayed, Noman continued his gentle pressure on the combatants, trying to establish some unity on the fractured republican side, holding out the carrot of Egyptian troop withdrawals to the royalists. As an added inducement to lure the Imam out of his cave and to the conference, Noman announced that he personally would head the republican delegation at Khamir-leaving the hated President Sallal behind...