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...biggest government victories this year, the battle once again proved how much U.S. equipment and training have improved the Vietnamese army. Since January, government forces in the five-province area southwest of Saigon known as the 32nd Tactical Command have killed 5,000 Viet Cong troops. But the government has been unable to consolidate its military successes into a political victory. Under the nose of government officials, the Viet Cong have continued their recruiting campaign among the peasantry. Despite the heavy losses, Viet Cong strength in the area is the same as last January: some...
...wasn't she? After a quick look at photographs of Princess Margaret and Husband Tony taken during her 32nd birthday party in Abbeyleix, Ireland last week. London's Daily Mirror assumed that she was, bannered: ANOTHER BABY FOR MARGARET. The princess' press officer, besieged by queries, refused to confirm or deny the story. "I simply don't know," he muttered. "To ask the princess herself would be impertinent...
...McNamara since last spring, when word got out that he considered the Guard oversized, undertrained and largely outmoded in the age of nuclear deterrence and guerrilla warfare. McNamara had his reasons. When two National Guard divisions were federalized during the Berlin buildup-the 49th Armored of Texas and the 32nd Infantry of Wisconsin-McNamara was shocked to find that these supposedly crack units needed nearly five months to reach combat status. He discovered that the Guard had 95 antiaircraft companies armed with old-line 90-mm. guns that were useless against supersonic jet aircraft. And he found that the Guard...
...know about the fine, brave city of Marshfield, Wis. During the reorganization of the 32nd Division in 1947, I recruited Marshfield's two fine batteries of field artillery for the 120th F.A. Bn., and in just 1½ hours! You made no mistake in your fine report on General Abrams. As a staff officer in the 4th Armored, I saw the devastation he wreaked on German armor with the 37th Tank. Sleep well, America...
Smothering Brushfires. By the end of the year, the Army will have increased from 856,000 to 1,080,000 men. Three Stateside training divisions are being elevated to combat readiness. Two National Guard divisions-the 32nd Infantry from Wisconsin and the 49th Armored from Texas-have been called up, and two more are on alert status. A total of 40,000 men will flesh out the five divisions and supporting units of the Seventh Army, which may also be reinforced by the 4th Infantry and the 2nd Armored by December. In all, the buildup this year will increase...