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Other allied casualties were put at three killed and 22 wounded. South Vietnamese authorities said 660 Viet Cong were killed in Saigon alone in less than two days of fighting. There was no immediate ...
A Viet Cong attack on Americans is typically a brief hit-and-run affair: the enemy usually runs as soon as the surprise wears off and U.S. units start hitting back with concerted firepower. The siege ...
“If the enemy advances, retreat; if he halts, harass; if he retreats, attack.” Thus Mao Tse-tung advised Communist revolutionaries, and in South Viet Nam last week the Red Viet Cong scrupulously ...
The pounding of helicopter blades thundered above the dense Vietnamese jungle as bullets whizzed past, cracking the air.
First Lt. James Gardner’s heroic sacrifice in Vietnam saved countless lives. His bravery in the face of overwhelming odds ...
William Calley (pictured in 1969) was convicted in 1971 for his role in the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War. File Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army July 30 (UPI) --Former Army Lt. William Calley ...
In a previous column, I wrote that one mark of past international communist military actions is an apparent disregard for civilian casualties. On Feb. 26, 1968, U.S. troops re-entered the city of Hue ...