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[gunshots] narrator since 1949, this now narrow body of water has been both a symbolic and a realistic moat, separating the taiwan island complex from the mainland of china. Also known as formosa, these islands are both the seat of the government of the republic of china, commonly referred to as grc, as well as the armed fortress of its military establishment. Taiwan is an island of considerable variety. The eastern half is dominated by a chain of rugged mountains. While to the west lie flat and fertile plains, ideal for the cultivation of rice, sugar, and pineapples. The many rural villages serve to emphasize the timeless continuity underlying the oriental traditions and culture. Only a few minutes away stand the modern cities of taipei, and calhoun, bustling with movement and signs of 20th century living. This appearance and tranquility belies the true situation. During the korean war, it became apparent that the security of taiwan and the offshore islands was vital to the free world ....
Ok, move out. [gunshots] narrator since 1949, this now body of water has been both a symbolic and a realistic moat, separating the taiwan island complex from the mainland of china. Also known as formosa, these islands are both the seat of the government of the republic of china, commonly referred to as grc, as well as the armed fortress of its military establishment. Taiwan is an island of considerable variety. The eastern half is dominated by a chain of rugged mountains. While to the west lie flat and fertile plains, ideal for the cultivation of rice, sugar, and pineapples. The many rural villages emphasize the honoring the oriental traditions and culture. Only a few minutes away stand the modern cities of taipei, and calhoun, bustling with movement and signs of 20th century living. In this tranquility, lies the truth. During the korean war, it became apparent that the security of taiwan and the offshore islands was vital to the free worlds defense perimeter. Since these islands face ....
Captioning performed by vitac making sure equipment supplied by the military Assistance Program is properly maintained. There is probably no better example of this than theifieded missile adviser on taiwan. This hot missile site located on one of the islands highest peaks, literally above the clouds much of the time, is an excellent technical decision. However, it is a position which because of extremely high humidity amplifies the problems of missile maintenance. And as with most military equipment on the taiwan island complex, the maintenance problems are compounded by the necessity of keeping ammo and other material in operation readiness at all times rather than in storage. These advisers trained as a package with 40 members of a hot battery at fort bliss, texas. It has resulted in an exceptionally closeknit, smooth running team in both the maintenance and operational phases. At a hercules site crews participate in a pract ....
20 to 30 Miles Per Hour winds along the coast. Well talk about the rest of the week coming up in a few minutes. Len. Fire fighters are trying to stop a fire thats raging east of gilroy and burning for more than 15 hours now and has grown to 1500acres. This morning, its only 15 contained. Kpix5 kiet do joining us live from the fire lines with the very latest. Kiet. Reporter yeah, im on crews road east of gilroy and the sun coming up giving us a better look of the burn area roughly where the fire started and parts of it burned, parts of it not. You can see some of the red retardant that the planes dropped and they use these roads oftentimes as natural fire breaks and you may see smoldering as well. This cold air is trapping a lot of smoke in the valley and its very smokey right now and that allows Fire Fighters to get the upper hand overnight and in this case, overnight when the ....
Around the bay, 66 in San Francisco and cool along the coast in the low 60s in pacifica. Talk about the rest of the week and when we will see temperatures heating up in our full forecast coming up. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic and a Traffic Alert this morning. There is on the antioch bridge southbound so youll see delays. This is a major injury accident involving a vehicle hauling a trailer as well as another truck, possibly a garbage truck. Theres a lot of debris in the roadway. Caltrans has been called to the scene and has been out there since about 3 45 this morning and theyre trying to let traffic through and antioch bridge southbound around mid span and youll see the closures and right at wilbur avenue. Anne. Im anne mack vic. These floods are the worst Natural Disaster to hit japan since a typhoo ....