Word: troop
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...state-threats of jail, surveillance, party slogans. Jakob's mother and the girl are already in the West. Why doesn't Jakob join them? Jakob is not fond of the party, or of the Russians. But he takes pride in doing his job well. When a Russian troop train must be rushed through to put down the 1956 Hungarian uprising, he shunts off local traffic to let it pass. He rejects a colleague's suggestion that the switchmen should hold it up. Such a gesture is a frivolous sop to their own private feelings about the Russians...
...story is based on actual fact and told by a real historical figure, Major Edward Wynkoop, a cavalryman who in 1864 negotiated peace with the Cheyennes. A militia troop headed by a bloodthirsty colonel marched into Wynkoop's area. They came upon an unsuspecting, unarmed and officially surrendered Cheyenne village at Sand Creek, Colo. In a hideous five-hour orgy, they massacred nearly everybody. Feeling that he must make amends for his unintentional betrayal. Wynkoop resigned his commission and became an Indian agent. But the Indians. of course, were doomed to further betrayal by other white...
Leap Overland. In theory, the Mohawks would sweep low over the battle area to seek out the enemy troops. Guided by information from the Mohawks, the U.S. soldiers organized into the Air Cavalry Troop (so named because its function is similar to the deep penetration and surveillance missions of oldtime horse brigades) would leap over rivers, hills and forests in their choppers, land in strategic striking spots. As they attacked, the aircraft would support them with airborne firepower. The whole operation would be directed by the troop commanders, thus providing close air-ground coordination in battle...
...cases of soft drinks; a serving pantry, with a galley down a flight of steps on a lower level. Then come the first-class compartments, four of them, each completely private. In contrast with the rest of the plane, where fittings are as spartan as those on a troop carrier, the first-class section has wood paneling and curtains...
...President have accurate information about how many Soviet troops have been removed from Cuba so far? No. Had the Russians offered the U.S. any way of verifying the troop pullout? No. Was Kennedy satisfied with the rate of the Soviet withdrawal? No. What about charges that the Administration knew about the Soviet missile buildup in Cuba several days before finally taking action last October? "I have seen charges of all kinds," said Kennedy. "One day a distinguished Republican charges that it is all the CIA's fault, and the next day it is the Defense Department's fault...