main-force
Americanadjective
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One month after la Drang, a top-level meeting of main-force Viet Cong and North Vietnamese officers convened in a jungle auditorium to assess the results purchased at the cost of over 1,500 of their men.
From Time Magazine Archive
Women now make up an estimated one-third to one-half of V.C. main-force troops.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fewer than half are North Vietnamese troops or Viet Cong main-force fighters, but these "regulars" are at least as numerous as a year ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The landing zone, called Zulu Zulu, was completely encircled by the 400 Communist troops-90% of them North Vietnamese regulars-of the Viet Cong's 271st main-force regiment.
From Time Magazine Archive
The young men came in, Mavering with his nervous laugh first, and then Boardman with his twinkling black eyes, and his main-force self-possession.
From April Hopes by William Dean Howells
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