Word: woundedness
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Twenty-three U.S. servicemen were killed in the operation and 322 wounded. Among Panamanians, 297 soldiers and some 300 civilians were killed, according to the U.S. military.
None of which fazed George Bush in the slightest. At a news conference Thursday the usually reserved President seemed almost cocky. American casualties in the Panama operation -- more than a score dead and 200 wounded at week's end -- were heartbreaking but nevertheless "worth it," said Bush. He closed with...
Noriega obligingly provided it. The dictator had his rubber-stamp People's Assembly name him "Maximum Leader" and declare that American provocations created a "state of war" between the two countries. That coincided with attacks on U.S. servicemen in Panama. There had previously been hundreds of . similar incidents and not...
Not until Wednesday night did American troops finally fight their way through Dignity Battalions to protect 64 frightened guests and workers at the hotel. The next day one U.S. unit at the hotel sighted a personnel carrier approaching and opened fire. The shots were returned. In the hotel parking lot...