The convoy of weather-beaten trucks and Toyota Land Cruisers kicked up dirt as it streaked across the wooded West African terrain toward the hazy horizon. A joint team of 12 U.S. Army Special Forces and 30 Nigerien troops were making the trek back to base after a two-day reconnaissance mission to a remote area along Niger’s border with Mali.
The weary commandos had just spoken to elders near the village of Tongo Tongo after sifting through a deserted campsite, seeking intelligence on an elusive terrorist operative. Read More...
TIME
August 9, 1948 12:00 AM GMT-4
Though an old man of 33, Gus Lesnevich still seemed to have his future before him. World’s light heavyweight champion, he was also a likely contender for Joe Louis’s heavyweight crown. Old Gus, who has knocked 58 opponents galley-west in 75 fights, climbed into the ring at London’s White City Stadium last week to meet Britain’s clumsy, shaggy-haired Freddie Mills. For nine rounds they hardly touched each other. Read More...
