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...goal was to wipe out U.S. forces in Viet Nam's northern provinces in order to provide a bargaining advantage in negotiations. But the U.S. command believes that Giap's aim is less ambitious, if more familiar: to surround the base camp at Khe Sanh and chew it to pieces, killing and capturing most of its American defenders while other Communist units hold U.S. reinforcements...
...Hanoi, turning the sky into a tapestry of fireballs. Later, Marine planes from Danang ventured farther north than they normally do to make an unusual night raid on Phuc Yen. The Communists filled in many of the bomb craters overnight, but U.S. planes were back the next day to chew out more. In two days, the attackers hit twelve of the until now untouchable MIGs, and wrecked the control tower, hangar and runway. By taking the wraps off Phuc Yen, the U.S. also virtually assured the exile of the North Vietnamese air force to China...
More Than He Can Chew...
...chemical complex that is readily degraded by bacteria, sunlight and air. "The bacteria have a hard time tackling a big oil slick," says Guardian President Dr. Alfred R. Globus. "It's like eating a rubber raincoat. By breaking the oil down we give them something they can chew...
...Following Orders. The defendants are entitled to automatic review of convictions and can appeal all the way up to the Court of Military Appeals, which is made up of three civilians. They are also provided with free military defense counsel. Generally young, the attorneys "really get in there and chew," says Marine Lieut. Colonel Bill Wander, who has just returned from 13 months as the law officer* at every Marine or Navy general court-martial in Viet Nam. "They fight tooth and nail and don't give an inch. They come from all the best law schools...