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Word: wondercraft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rocket fire; workhorse Hueys lifted entire battalions of South Vietnamese troops into enemy territory and evacuated the wounded; giant Chinooks supplied ground forces with everything from medicines to cannon. During a single day of the offensive, U.S. helicopters flew 1,100 sorties into Laos. Yet even as the wondercraft of the war showed that it has come fully of age, it also showed that it has some glaring weaknesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Rough Time for the Choppers | 2/22/1971 | See Source »

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