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...Most Essential Unit." So effective have the Hueys been in counteracting Viet Cong ground fire that some H21 pilots have refused to carry out missions rather than fly without Huey escorts. Since last October, the Hueys have flown 3,600 sorties, fired 1,800 rockets and 200,000 rounds of machine-gun ammunition, and killed countless hundreds of Reds. Two enlisted men of the company (whose official military designation is Utility Tactical Transport Company) have been killed in combat, and 19 other members of the 113-man unit have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Today U.S. military officials estimate...
...Force jet transport eased onto central Thailand's Korat airstrip from Hawaii last week and deposited 69 U.S. combat troops in battle dress. They were the advance unit of the two U.S. Army battle groups scheduled to participate in next month's SEATO maneuvers involving 25,000 troops from Thailand, the U.S., France, Britain, Pakistan and the Philippines. At SEATO headquarters in Bangkok, the purpose of the exercise was explained: "The operation supposes that out of tense conditions near the border of Thailand an enemy force crosses into this country in open aggression...
Peter H. Wood '64, of Eliot House and Owings Mills, Md., will captain the varsity lacrosse team next year in the squad's third season as a major University competitor. Wood's play on the Crimson's second midfield and extra-man unit this year was a crucial factor in the varsity's offense...
...Thus of the six works by the members of Moevs' pro-seminar which were performed Monday, three used themes variously derived from the beginning of the hymn "Victimae Paschali" Christ lag in Todesbanden. An unshaken sense of coherence, occasionally lapsing into flat uniformity, bound each piece tightly into a unit...
...beauteous Madame Nhu, for advice and support in the struggle against the Communists. Diem is mistrustful of many of his best soldiers and fears also that continued heavy casualties will undermine what public support he enjoys. U.S. officers have pleaded in vain with Diem to allow more small-unit sallies and night operations to challenge the Viet Cong's after-dark supremacy. In their impatience with Diem, some exasperated U.S. officials wish that he could be replaced by a more flexible man. But they admit that there is no other leader in sight. The regime tends to exaggerate...