main-force
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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U.S. experts give Saigon's 587,000 regular troops a fair shot at dealing effectively with North Vietnamese main-force units�if they have ample air support.
From Time Magazine Archive
Westmoreland estimates that the average Viet Cong main-force unit is now 10% North Vietnamese.
From Time Magazine Archive
Regardless of the enemy's motives, modus operandi, or misinformation, the U.S. high command believes it has the winning combination for the main-force, frontier type of war.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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 Howells, William Dean
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