Modern history Air America and the war in Laos1959--1974 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS Michelle Nickerson FergusonJ. MichaelSecretly owned by the CIA, Air America operated as a civilian airline in the hazardous conditions of war-torn Laos from 1959 to 1974. Since the delicate diplomatic ...
On the reverse the medal has the inscription, "Defense Meritorious Service" in three horizontal lines; and around the bottom are the words, "United States of America," with space between for engraving the recipient's name. The Ribbon has three light blue and two white narrow stripes in the...
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USAF assumed controlin June 1968and name was changed toTask Force Alpha ( overall EW program of dropping sensors along theHo Chi MinhTrail was known as Igloo White ) Air America Scratch-Pad Sheet Sheet from a scratch pad from: "AIR AMERICA HANGER 137-C TAN-SON-NHUT AFB SAIGON...
“dissenters,” either in the military or out, and likely do not genuinely believe in free speech, only speech that is in harmony with their own views. This is too common a trait in rhetorical “America.” There is rhetoric, and then there is reality. Most of us, myself included, ...
He was writing a book, Heller said, not planning to add a phrase to America’s cultural lexicon. How could he have foreseen, for example, the emergence of the following Trivial Pursuit question: “Which came first, the term ‘Catch-22,’ or the novel?” ...