Word: commandment
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Perhaps if every kid eligible to die in Southeast Asia put the heat on good ol' Mom and Dad, the middle-aged block of ice could be thawed a little. Even though Abraham was determined to carry out God's command and knife his own son to death, I don't think most parents would share the same degree of devotion. The concept of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public telling their son to go risk his life in a war situation (a situation few parents could adequately explain) because Nixon says so seems absurd...
...enforce a seven-month-old agreement under which the guerrillas are forbidden to carry arms in Lebanese villages or to fire into Israel from Lebanese territory. Even that decision was watered down. The government decided that any commando who can prove himself a member of the Palestine Armed Struggle Command, the guerrillas' central organization, will be allowed to carry arms. Since this includes almost everybody, the order is meaningless...
...could permit a speedup in U.S. withdrawal plans; instead of pulling out 150,000 troops by next spring, as President Nixon announced in April, the U.S. might bring home as many as 195,000. But the fact is that Vietnamization is six months behind in some respects. A high-command reorganization that was supposed to root out the remaining corrupt, incompetent or lazy generals has been delayed indefinitely. ARVN's lack of helicopters and pilots has slowed development of truly independent ARVN strike forces. And even at 950,000 men, ARVN is 150,000 men below strength, according...
...standing 5 ft. 4 in., Tri cuts a figure that is every bit as dashing as his style of command. In addition to his trademark camouflage jungle suit, Tri's combat regalia usually include a black three-starred baseball cap, a snub-nosed Smith & Wesson .38 in a shoulder holster, a leather-covered briar pipe, and a swagger stick carried under the arm. "I use it to spank the Viet Cong," Tri says with a wide grin...
...bright officer whose unusual nerve has produced some extraordinary exploits both on and off the field. The grandson of a Vietnamese mandarin and son of a wealthy landowner, Tri joined the French army in 1947 and received part of his cadet training in Hanoi. Since he won his first command as a young airborne officer, he has survived three assassination attempts, resulting in his conviction that he is a baraka-a French barracks term for one who enjoys immunity from death on the battlefield...