Word: starlight
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...once was a rare day when more than a handful of Viet Cong weapons was left on a battlefield, but of late the V.C. have become quite untidy: Operation Starlight netted 614 dead V.C. and 109 weapons. More recently, Vietnamese troops killed 34 of the enemy-and captured 34 weapons-on an operation. Government figures showing a 300% increase in the number of Viet Cong defecting under the "open arms" amnesty program may be exaggerated, but the curve is definitely...
...airbase. Marine patrols had been sent out on almost daily probes around the peninsula's five coastal villages, all named Van Tuong, and last week a recon company brought back word that a large new force of V.C. had just arrived from the south. Within 24 hours, "Operation Starlight" had begun...
...battle left the Americans with much to be encouraged about. In the past two weeks, the V.C. had suffered the most staggering casualty toll since they started the war: more than 2,100 dead, another 200 captured and an estimated 3,600 wounded. Moreover, Operation Starlight proved that by combining accurate intelligence reports, fast planning and careful selection of where and when to fight, the U.S. can more than hold its own in Viet...
KANSAS CITY, MO., Starlight Theater: She Loves Me spins its cotton candy romance, with John Gary...
...question still has scientists stumped. The variations in the wind speed on the twinkling layer were no greater than in nearby regions. In a follow-up experiment now in progress, the scientists plan to make their next check on temperature and pressure fluctuations as possible causes of twinkling starlight...