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... establish a fortified forward base from which friendly troops can counter- attack . Enemy guerrilla forces infiltrate the mountainous country surrounding the friendly troop concentration and under cover of the dense forest bring up ...
... establish a fortified forward base from which friendly troops can counter- attack . Enemy guerrilla forces infiltrate the mountainous country surrounding the friendly troop concentration and under cover of the dense forest bring up ...
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... advantageous siege area . No preconceived personnel - materiel minimums can be established as cri teria for nomination of this type of situation - control. Close Contact Even after the over-all tactical situation had deteriorated ...
... advantageous siege area . No preconceived personnel - materiel minimums can be established as cri teria for nomination of this type of situation - control. Close Contact Even after the over-all tactical situation had deteriorated ...
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... established , nor do we have more than a super- ficial understanding of the nuclear forces and their interplay with the electro- magnetic and gravitational forces . These are beyond doubt important BASIC RESEARCH FOR NATIONAL SURVIVAL 35.
... established , nor do we have more than a super- ficial understanding of the nuclear forces and their interplay with the electro- magnetic and gravitational forces . These are beyond doubt important BASIC RESEARCH FOR NATIONAL SURVIVAL 35.
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... established less than five years ago , the Air Force had made almost no contribution to basic biology . After such a short time , it would be presumptuous of me to claim that we had made many outstanding accomplishments . But we are ...
... established less than five years ago , the Air Force had made almost no contribution to basic biology . After such a short time , it would be presumptuous of me to claim that we had made many outstanding accomplishments . But we are ...
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... established , there was little logic to suggest that these principles would be abandoned when the war was over . At the peace conference an aeronautical commission was formed to draft the air clauses of the peace treaty and to prepare a ...
... established , there was little logic to suggest that these principles would be abandoned when the war was over . At the peace conference an aeronautical commission was formed to draft the air clauses of the peace treaty and to prepare a ...
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Page 60 - ... susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction. All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories, must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate...
Page 54 - The United States of America is hereby declared to possess and exercise complete and exclusive national sovereignty in the air space above the United States, including the air space above all inland waters and the air space above those portions of the adjacent marginal high seas, bays, and lakes, over which by international law or treaty or convention the United States exercises national jurisdiction.
Page 50 - An enlisted member of an armed force on active duty whose term of enlistment expires while he is suffering from disease or injury incident to service and not due to his misconduct, and who needs medical care or hospitalization, may be retained on active duty, with his consent, until he recovers to the extent that he is able to meet the physical requirements for reenlistment, or it is determined that recovery to that extent is impossible.
Page 148 - It is certain that Europe would have been Communized, like Czechoslovakia, and London under bombardment some time ago but for the deterrent of the atomic bomb in the hands of the United States.
Page 61 - Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, constitute the immediate military staff of the Secretary of Defense. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
Page 45 - Force, shall be transferred to and vested in the Secretary of the Air Force...
Page 54 - The Congress hereby declares that the Government of the United States has, to the exclusion of all foreign nations, complete sovereignty of the airspace over the lands and waters of the United States, including the Canal Zone.
Page 55 - For the purposes of this Convention the territory of a State shall be deemed to be the land areas and territorial waters adjacent thereto under the sovereignty, suzerainty, protection or mandate of such State.
Page 55 - DASA, is responsible to the Secretary of Defense through the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Page 63 - Commission, is quoted in a 1959 staff report of the House Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration...