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Another Communist tactic was a concerted drive to interdict the main highways around Saigon, thus isolating the capital. They succeeded in cutting five main routes, but after often heavy fighting, ARVN counterattacks managed to reopen three of those five...
Just ahead, a couple of Honda drivers were stopped, an ARVN unit was wearily piling out of its A.P.C.s and the road was devoid of traffic. "Beaucoup V.C., beaucoup V.C.," said one ARVN soldier, pointing down the road. Just then ARVN artillery behind us opened up. The 155-mm. howitzer shells descended over our heads with the sound of ripping cloth, landing just off the road at the edge of a tree line. Then from the distance we saw a single Jeep hurrying toward us, veering crazily from side to side. It screeched to a stop, and the driver...
...There are four ARVN soldiers dead on the road two klicks from here," said a security man. "There are V.C. about 200 meters on either side of the road. Until we get them, you can't pass." Nobody could, and as the morning wore on, the line of buses, trucks, Lambrettas and Hondas lengthened to more than a mile...
...Life bureau's maid was killed in battle. I attended the funeral with another correspondent, driving to the maid's home in the heart of Saigon. There we found the dead son laid out in Vietnamese burial clothes, with a smiling picture of him in his new ARVN uniform at the head of the coffin. Burning joss and flickering candles contributed to the heavy, almost mystical atmosphere of the tiny apartment...
...North Vietnamese, whatever their personal courage, are clearly having considerable difficulty getting supplies up to forward positions. A recent batch of wounded prisoners taken by the ARVN airborne had not eaten for four days; they cried out for rice more loudly than for medical attention. U.S. Lieut. Colonel Charles C. Pursley...