Word: davison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...DAVISON...
...exodus, under the command of Lieut. General Michael S. Davison, was proceeding in textbook style. The remaining 12,000 U.S. fighting men in Cambodia were exiting in about equal numbers by helicopter, armored vehicle and foot. They were under strict orders to evacuate all their equipment in order to prevent the Communists from using any of it if and when they try to reoccupy the gutted sanctuaries in eastern Cambodia. Davison ordered the emplacement of numerous fire-support bases just inside South Viet Nam to shield the last men coming out with an umbrella of artillery shells...