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...four transports hove to in the foam-flecked bay half a mile off Nam O Beach north of Danang, renamed "Red Beach Two" by the marines. A dozen LVTs (landing vehicles, tracked) were lowered from the transports and nosed toward the beach carrying 1,400 men of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. For two months the marines had been floating in the South China Sea, just waiting. "When the temperature went up," said Brigadier General Frederick J. Karch, commander of the brigade, "we got closer...
...every unofficial accounting, new air strikes against North Vietnamese bases are in prospect. And, poised on Okinawa ready to head instantly for South Viet Nam, is the U.S. Marine Corps' 9th Expeditionary Brigade. The 7,500-man force presumably would be used for perimeter defense of American military installations-but by no stretch of the imagination could the marines be considered "advisers...
...cover painting, applying the principle of contrast, Boris Chaliapin used a Chou Dynasty (9th century B.C.) bronze tiger to symbolize China's military stance behind his portrait of the modern-dressed Foreign Minister Chen...
Last Friday an article prepared by members of the May 2nd Committee claimed that the U.S. is battling an indigenous peasant revolt in South Vietnam and advanced American withdrawal. These letters are part of the response. Paul R. DeRensis '66 Brain J. H. Lederer '67 November 9th Committee
...November 9th Committee feel that the present war in Vietnam represents continuation of the efforts of the Viet Minh, a Community-controlled organization, to take control of this country; this war commenced formally in 1946. The balance in that war only really shifted to the Viet Minh as a result of crucial aid from Communist China. The partitioning of Vietnam as a result of the Geneva Accord of 1954 did not end that war, for the Viet Minh continued its hold on large areas in the South. We say it is basically this group, now called Viet Cong, which...