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...military observers in Southeast Asia are not pessimistic about the situation. They point out that the I on Nol government has shown a surprising degree of staying power, and that Cambodia's once ridiculed army has been fighting bravely. The army is being increased by about one battalion a week-enough to offset the losses-and its position is reinforced by the presence in Cambodia of more than 12.000 South Vietnamese troops...
...101st Airborne Division last month, lost no time in applying for C.O. status. His superiors shifted Flores out of combat and eventually to the 101st's Camp Eagle headquarters, pending Washington's action on his application. Before long more than a dozen other G.I.s from Flores' battalion and other units arrived at Camp Eagle, all demanding C.O. treatment...
...black Marine sergeant with a reputation for being tough on black militants and a white major narrowly escaped death when a black Marine exploded a grenade under the orderly room of the 5th Communications Battalion at Danang...
...fight between black and white Marines at a tank battalion base near Danang almost ended disastrously when a dozen black Marines in black shirts and gloves showed up armed with rifles and grenades to help another black who was being beaten by whites...
...101st Airborne Division's "watch" committee has stopped meeting altogether, well before I left Vietnam, despite continued grumblings among blacks. One Marine battalion commander has no faith in the procedure even though the Ju Ju's in his outfit continue their clandestine meetings...