Back to the U.S. in a hospital plane last week came seven of the eight U.S. airmen who had been brutally attacked by Congolese soldiers a few weeks ago (TIME, Sept. 5). Like the thousands of Americans who man the ramparts of the world on ordinary duty, the G.I.s had come off one mission of mercyflying supplies to Chilean earthquake victimsonly to be assigned to another: delivering men and materiel into the Congo on U.N. duty. No sooner had they debarked in Stanleyville than they were pummeled and beaten by a howling mob.
Victims not so much of any enemy...
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