Word: gia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When the weather cleared in the Red River delta to the north, seven flights of American fighter-bombers hammered the Ha Gia fuel dump 14 miles outside of Hanoi and only three miles from Phuc Yen, North Viet Nam's largest airbase. It was the fourth raid on Ha Gia in two months and served notice on Hanoi that the U.S. would continue blasting strategic targets near the capital, despite the recent international uproar (TIME, Dec. 23) triggered by North Viet Nam's discredited charges that the U.S. was bombing residential areas inside Hanoi itself...
...year to 7,000 at present. Still, military men believe that the infiltration rate would probably be much higher without the bombings. Their value was dramatically illustrated two weeks ago when, according to U.S. officers in Saigon, American planes sighted a 600-man North Vietnamese battalion moving through Mu Gia Pass, one of the prime portals to the South. The planes swooped in and virtually wiped out the battalion...
...husband fled south to Saigon in 1954, and she soon became known in the refugee-swollen quarter of Gia Dinh as a woman who got things done. She organized a neighborhood school, founded a Catholic Mothers' Association, arranged housing and relief allotments for widows...
...thanks to the exploits of Mme. Nhu, everyone knows the pinnacles they can reach in politics. Last week, as South Viet Nam's fledgling National Constituent Assembly got down to business, a new femina politica was on the ascendant: Mme. Tran Thi Xa, the lady delegate from Gia Dinh...
...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...