Word: dmz
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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...away from their old infiltration route, the Ho Chi Minh trail, which empties into the isolated Central Highlands. Instead, more and more have been striking directly southward into the populous coastal plain (see map). The aim of the Marines' "Operation Prairie" is to cut those arteries from the DMZ and push the Reds so far west that they will once again be forced to use the trail...
Reinforcements. Still, there were plenty of Reds left in the Rockpile area, their numbers steadily replenished from the fast-multiplying network of jigsaw trenches and concrete bunkers in the DMZ itself. There, according to Marine intelligence, a third North Vietnamese division-the 304th-is preparing to move south. U.S. planes pounded the DMZ again last week, and ranged north into North Viet Nam's Panhandle to blast the Yen Xa railway and highway bridge and flatten a dozen antiaircraft sites. One Navy Phantom was hit by a chunk of shrapnel that slashed through the ejection seat, grazed the pilot...
...chosen foothold was Gia Binh, a coastal village 300 yards south of the DMZ, and the Communists went to work with a fury. They laced Gia Binh with bunkers and tunnels, brought up mor tars, heavy machine guns...
...fall of Gia Binh is not likely to deter the Communist buildup. Marine units patrolling the border of the DMZ report almost constant contact with the North Vietnamese, including three fresh battalions from the North; two full divisions, including the newly formed 341st, are believed to be group ing along the DMZ to join the 324B when the rains come. To meet the pos sibility of a major offensive, the Ma rines have moved five battalions up to the border, transformed a remote out post at Dong Ha into a major base, complete with airstrip and facilities...
...eighth time in the war, Guam-based B-52s roared in to plaster the Demilitarized Zone above the 17th parallel, this time in support of a 1,500-man Marine sweep south of the DMZ. Storming ashore from amphibious landing craft and coming to earth in choppers, the Marines met no significant contact, by week's end had killed only 30 Reds-a sharp contrast to their operation in the DMZ last July when 824 Communists were cornered and killed...