Word: cong
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ninh was only the latest in a series of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese moves that have been puzzling to the Allies. The Communists continue a buildup of forces around Due Lap, a district capital of little strategic importance that was the scene last month of the summer's heaviest fighting. Though they have already lost more than 800 men in their unsuccessful attacks on Due Lap, they keep plugging away...
...most hopeful estimate of the recent lack of pattern in Communist strategy is that Hanoi's aims are being consistently thwarted. The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese took heavy casualties at Tet and during the May offensive. Allied forces claim to have killed more than 13,000 Communist troops within the past month, almost four times the enemy casualty rate during the early-summer lull in fighting. One seasoned Marine general believes that the Communists no longer intend a third attack on Saigon for just this reason. "They don't have the capability," he argues. "They have lost...
...more efficient than ever before. Improved gathering of physical intelligence by sensor devices, long-range reconnaissance patrols, helicopter cavalry squadrons and snooper aircraft may well have headed off the Communists' plans for late August attacks. New emphasis on night patrolling and staking out ambushes has broken the Viet Cong's mastery of the night in parts of South Viet...
Abrams' caution is understandable, since there are signs that the enemy may have actually improved his position. Infiltration of North Vietnamese regulars into South Viet Nam continues at a record rate-so much so that Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units are considered back up to full strength after their recent losses. In some areas, replacements are of higher quality than ever before; they have evidently come from training units long held back in the safety of the North. The Communist supply lines and communications network have been improved enormously by feverish labor on the roads and trails through...
...South Vietnamese 2nd Divisions pushed west of Quang Ngai city last week to try to forestall an anticipated attack on that provincial capital. The entire North Vietnamese 3rd Division is believed to have moved north from II Corps into Quang Ngai, a historic Communist stronghold where the Viet Cong might attempt to set up a provisional government if they could win control of the city even temporarily. If that move succeeded, its propaganda value would be considerable. It would certainly make far more sense than assaults on such places as Due Lap and Tay Ninh...