Army orders start of troop carrier helicopter II production
The Army ordered production of a new troop carrier assault helicopter and selected Sikorsky Aircraft Division to build it. Plans foresee about 1,107 units at a total near 3.4 billion dollars, with over 2,000 jobs to be added at Sikorsky's Stratford, Connecticut plant. Boeing Vertol Co. lost the bid.
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Christmas Eve in History Highlights and Battles
This 1976 recap notes key events on December 24 including the 1814 Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812, Vasco da Gama's death in 1524, Edinburgh Castle surrender in 1650, the Ku Klux Klan's 1865 founding in Pulaski, Darlan's 1942 assassination, Eisenhower's 1943 command, Apollo 8's 1968 Christmas Eve prayer, and 10 years earlier Viet Nam truce fighting.
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