Word: arvn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...help retake An Loc, the Saigon government has stripped the Mekong Delta of two-thirds of its ARVN defenders. As a result, there has been a sharp surge of small-scale fighting in the Delta, a region that the U.S. military once boasted had been virtually pacified; no fewer than 300 government outposts have been destroyed there since the offensive began. President Thieu is said to believe that if the Communists could overwhelm 50% of the Delta, as well as maintain their hold on ground they have gained elsewhere, they just might be willing to settle for President Nixon...
...Giap's basic strategic goals-but they have otherwise scored some substantial gains. They have badly hurt the South Vietnamese forces to the extent of 70,000 casualties. They have, moreover, re-established the presence of their own army inside South Viet Nam, thereby defeating ARVN'S two-year effort to keep the North Vietnamese regulars bottled up in Cambodia and Laos. Between April 1 and August 1, according to U.S. estimates, the North Vietnamese will have sent at least 37,000 replacements down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. That will not be enough to replenish their losses...
...similar episode occurred early in the Communist offensive. An ARVN force of 20 or 30 troops found itself surrounded by the North Vietnamese near An Loc. As the South Vietnamese fought the Communists oft, the three American advisers with the ARVN unit radioed for an evacuation helicopter. When the tiny chopper arrived, it was rushed by desperate South Vietnamese troops; some of them grabbed the American crew chief and tried to throw him off. The overloaded machine finally got airborne after several hard bounces along the ground; one ARVN soldier aboard was swinging from the legs of an American adviser...
...large, the advisers are embarrassed by orders to retreat under fire; unlike many G.I.s who serve only in American units, they have considerable respect and liking for the ARVN soldiers, although not necessarily for their commanders. "These little Bengies [Bengal Tigers] are great soldiers," says Colonel J. Ross Franklin, adviser to the ARVN 21st Division...
...advisers include both Army men and Marines, who have somewhat different approaches to the assignment -a fact that has led to animosity between the two services. The majority of Army advisers are clustered in ARVN regimental and divisional headquarters. There are only 50 Marine advisers, but they are sprinkled through South Viet Nam's elite marine units down to the battalion and even company level. In Military Region I (the northern provinces), the Marines are almost unduly proud of the tough fighting done at Quang Tri by their charges. They also complain that the Army advisers to the ARVN...