Word: trooper
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from the fighter-bombers, which constantly swept over the countryside in search of targets. The toll was no doubt considerable, however. The pressure from the air has prevented the Viet Cong from massing as effectively as they otherwise might, and has made regular sleep difficult for many a V.C. trooper. "It is terrible and miserable," wrote one Red soldier killed at Due Co before he could mail his latest letter. "Airplanes bomb and strafe, and we can do nothing about it. The fighting situation is tough, too serious and difficult. Sometimes we can muster only one platoon for military operations...
...tomorrow, and I just wanted to see what the competition will be." Both were heading for the annual convention of the Model A Restorers Club, which ended last week. As it turned out, the competition was too stiff for both Mrs. Jack Larson from Union, Conn., and Trooper Melvin Thorpe. On hand were 287 of the world's bestpreserved Model A's. Except for a few of what most competitors scornfully call "stretcher cases" (cars brought by trailer), all of the A's were driven from their home towns, and one had made it from San Diego...
...guerrillas, led by a tough young trooper named Vo Nguyen Giap, harassed the Japanese and perfected the tactics of jungle Marxism. When 200,000 Chinese Nationalist troops marched into Viet Nam with French approval at war's end, Giap's guerrillas were ready to continue the struggle. But Ho typically preferred the more subtle tactic of turning ally against ally, and promptly sought to persuade the French to oust the Chinese again. Ho knew that France would be an easier adversary to deal with. Besides, there was the age-old hatred and fear of the Chinese...
...very tip of the ravine, the trooper reined his mount in horrified astonishment. Spread out below him were the Zulu impi, or horde: 20,000 warriors crouched silent as death, carpeting the floor of the valley for more than a mile. The South African sun danced on long hide shields, glinted off a few musket barrels and a forest of assegais, the double-edged spears that sliced a man's belly to let his evil spirit...
...other witnesses confirmed important details of Rowe's story: the bullet that killed Mrs. Liuzzo, and shell hulls found on the highway, came from a revolver found in Gene Thomas' home:* the Klansmen were placed near Selma at the time of the crime through testimony from the trooper who had written the traffic ticket...