Word: 16s
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...virtually everyone but the military, that is. All leaves were canceled. Outside Saigon, South Vietnamese armor stood guard. In Hue, flak-jacketed ARVN Rangers carrying M-16s mingled with the holiday crowds. Memories of the 1968 holocaust were very much on the military's mind, but there was optimism as well. In the delta's lush Ba Xuyen province, a district chief discounted chances of a VC attack: "We've driven them out and I think they know better than to return." Earlier in the week, the enemy had mounted a minioffensive: 70 cities and bases were...