Word: ghq
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Geneviéve de Galard Terraube, the only woman nurse in the fortress, with the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre. That night too, less than 500 yards from Junon, the Communist infantrymen burrowed close in through the mire. "Everywhere they are in close contact," Dienbienphu radioed GHQ. "Everywhere they are within grenade range. When they attack, the fortress will be ready...
...perimeter. His gunners could not miss: the perimeter was less than 1,000 yards wide. For the first time in the battle, Giap brought up Russian rocket launchers ("Stalin Organs") and struck at Dienbienphu's sodden battlements-eight rockets per burst. De Castries checked the damage, then told GHQ: "This may finish...
...Last Stand. At 1000, the Communists won two more outposts in Eliane. At 1200, they went for the last three French positions on the east bank of the Nam Youm River. By 1600, the Reds were storming the French center. De Castries radioed GHQ: "The violent barrage from mortars and artillery continues. The Viets are infiltrating massively through the strongpoints on the west." De Castries also spoke briefly to his wife, Jacqueline, who waited with the generals for the outcome. "Have faith for our wounded," he asked her. Then, "Au revoir...
...twilight at Dienbienphu. Narrow-eyed with loss of sleep, the French sentries peered through the monsoon haze towards the Communist trenches less than roo yards away. All was quiet, and the tired 10,000-man garrison hoped for a fair night's rest. At GHQ in Hanoi, an officer reported: "Lull at Dienbienphu...
...were so tired that their performance was losing effect. One night last week the Communists quickly isolated and overran a Foreign Legion outpost in the airstrip sector, and the French could not get it back. This was the third outpost the Communists had captured in seven days, and GHQ was despondent. Unless some way could be found to draw off Red General Giap's 40,000 men, said one top French commander, "General de Castries has only one chance in ten of holding...