search-and-destroy

Then, finally, after a lunch break, we pulled out our maps of the area north of Lai Khe in the Long Nguyen Secret Zone, and I started to say a few things about the Black Lions battalion and what they were doing on so-called search-and-destroy missions in the weeks leading up to the battle.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

Then, finally, after a lunch break, we pulled out our maps of the area north of Lai Khe in the Long Nguyen Secret Zone, and I started to say a few things about the Black Lions battalion and what they were doing on so-called search-and-destroy missions in the weeks leading up to the battle.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

Then, finally, after a lunch break, we pulled out our maps of the area north of Lai Khe in the Long Nguyen Secret Zone, and I started to say a few things about the Black Lions battalion and what they were doing on so-called search-and-destroy missions in the weeks leading up to the battle.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

Then, finally, after a lunch break, we pulled out our maps of the area north of Lai Khe in the Long Nguyen Secret Zone, and I started to say a few things about the Black Lions battalion and what they were doing on so-called search-and-destroy missions in the weeks leading up to the battle.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

Embellishers have included Tim Johnson, the Toronto Blue Jays manager, who was fired after his stories of search-and-destroy missions in Vietnam collided with the reality that he never saw combat.

Heroes or Villains? 2010

Among surviving assets were a couple of young Cuban-exile pilots, both named Juan, who flew U.S. jets on search-and-destroy missions against the Simbas.

Looking Back On the Spy Life Charles McCarry 2011

According to Andrew Bacevich, this is primarily due to revisionists insisting that Vietnam could have been won if General Westmoreland's heavy-handed search-and-destroy strategy was abandoned earlier on to concentrate instead on winning Vietnamese "hearts and minds" by protecting population centers in combination with nation-building and social engineering initiatives.

Michael Hughes: Obama's Vietnam Michael Hughes 2011

However, when you cut through the political hyperbole, the GOP's search-and-destroy mission is serious business.

Ethan Rome: Boehner's Real Death Panel Replaces Palin's Fake One Ethan Rome 2011

So Westmoreland decided to use World War II tactics, employing massive firepower and sweeping search-and-destroy operations to impose crippling casualties on the enemy.

Haste Makes ... Defeat 2010

So Westmoreland decided to use World War II tactics, employing massive firepower and sweeping search-and-destroy operations to impose crippling casualties on the enemy.

Fact And Comment 2010