Word: dinh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...likely to attract a Viet Cong bullet as a mosquito. Their backs to the glow from the city, South Vietnamese troops and their U.S. advisers settle back for a long night of watching-and, above all, listening. For the perimeter surrounding the 400 square miles of Gia Dinh province, which includes Saigon, is one of the most contested and dangerous parts of Viet Nam today...
...crump of a single mortar, occasionally a scream as a knife finds its way through a rib cage. An "incident" may be anything from the skirmish of a dozen men to the blare of a propaganda bullhorn; whatever their nature, incidents are on the increase along the Gia Dinh perimeter. From February to April they averaged 37 a month. Through July the rate rose to 55 a month. Last month the total was 95, including four VC assaults in force, and 17 attacks with grenades and mortars...
Some 10,000 South Vietnamese troops defend Saigon and Gia Dinh against an estimated 15,000 Viet Cong circling the province. "We have two local radars," explained one Vietnamese marine near Cholon, the adjacent city where much of Saigon's Chinese population lives. "First, there are the frogs we call rainettes. If they stop chirping, look out. It means someone has come near their paddy. Next, you listen for three loud squawks from the blue water birds. You can actually plot a patrol's course by listening to the frogs and birds...
Wrong Impression. The G.O.P. document traced the ever-deepening U.S. commitment in Viet Nam: Harry Truman's 1950 decision to aid the French in Indo-China; Dwight Eisenhower's 1954 pledge to support Ngo Dinh Diem's fledgling South Vietnamese government, principally with economic aid; John F. Kennedy's 1961 decision to expand the U.S. military effort as Laos crumbled and Viet Cong terror increased; and Lyndon's massive intensification of the U.S. involvement...
...heaviest exodus has come from the central highlands, where most of the year's major battles have been fought. More than 100,000 homeless peasants and villagers have flooded Binh Dinh province alone, transforming Qui Nhon, the provincial capital, into the refugee capital of the country. There are now 95 reception centers and camps in Binh Dinh, but only ten trained Vietnamese social service workers to run them. In Danang, when the camps filled to capacity, the authorities had to put up roadblocks to prevent thousands more from streaming...