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Even though the MX missile is coming under heavy criticism from Governors and other groups in the Western states [April 7], it should be deployed. Since Viet Nam, the U.S. has neglected its obligation to its military institutions. The MX would not only end the vulnerability of our present ICBM force, but would also make the leaders in the Kremlin hesitate before undertaking any more aggressive moves somewhere in the world...
...Carter in particular, and for the U.S. in general, the desert debacle was a military, diplomatic and political fiasco. A once dominant military machine, first humbled in its agonizing standoff in Viet Nam, now looked incapable of keeping its aircraft aloft even when no enemy knew they were there, and even incapable of keeping them from crashing into each other despite four months of practice for their mission...
They helped mine Haiphong Harbor, retrieved airmen downed in hostile territory during the Viet Nam War, rescued crew members of the Mayaguez, who had been seized by Cambodian Communists, and flew in the commandos who raided the San Tay P.O.W. camp in North Viet Nam. The honor roll is long and distinguished for the Sikorsky S-65 series of helicopters, a mammoth, 25-ton rotary-blade airship that in its various versions, including the affectionately named Jolly Green Giant, has been one of the most dependable workhorses for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force...
...raid on the prison camp in North Viet Nam and the response to the seizure of the Mayaguez were far from models of success, but Nixon and Ford trumpeted the audacity of the missions and pride replaced doubt...
Along the way, Daly legends sprouted. While rebuilding a newly bought but burned-out plane in London in 1956, the tightfisted entrepreneur saved cash by sleeping for more than a month in the same limousine that he used to visit bankers. In the last days of the Viet Nam War, Daly organized, paid for and flew on a World mercy flight into Danang hours before the North Vietnamese captured the city. The self-styled "old bastard" pistol-whipped and kicked mutinous South Vietnamese troops who tried to board the refugee flight...