Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their hamlets, and local officials have moved quickly to care for refugees and begin reconstruction of houses. In Tay Ninh province, building materials and food supplies arrived as soon as the Communists were routed from Long My, and cash payments of $42 were made at once to each homeless family. The Communists made a major effort to cut the corps' road system, mostly by blowing up bridges, but all but one of the corps' major roads have been kept open, with no break lasting longer than 24 hours...
Buddhists & Christians. The major task of church groups now is trying to help the huge army of homeless refugees created by the onslaught. Viet Nam Christian Service, supported by Lutheran World Relief, the Mennonites and Church World Service, has assumed responsibility for refugee relief in a number of areas, including Gia Dinh, a suburb of Saigon; often braving Communist fire, service volunteers have scrounged lumber to rebuild homes, hauled food, water and sleeping mats to refugee camps. Catholic Relief Services is now attempting to house and feed 87,000 new refugees in 27 centers...
...offensive really was to South Viet Nam's life and institutions. To houses, schools and hospitals, the damage is far greater than from any single action during almost three decades of nonstop warfare. The country's budding industrial economy is all but shattered. The number of new homeless refugees now clogging city slums stands at 650,000 and is still climbing; and there were already 800,000 refugees pre-Tet. Saigon has not even begun to calculate its civilian dead, and the countrywide figure, when complete, may well exceed...
...imperial capital of Hué, the roar and whine of bombs and bullets had faded from most other cities before last week's assault. As the toll of the first attack continued to rise day by day-nearly 4,000 civilians dead and another 337,000 made homeless-the allies stepped up relief and rehabilitation efforts while waiting for General Giap's next move...
Pleiku, a highland town of 66,000, was 50% destroyed and 11,000 of its people made homeless. Ban Me Thuot was 25% destroyed, had over 500 civilian dead and 20,000 refugees. In the Delta, Vinh Long was 25% destroyed and burdened with 14,000 new refugees. Ben Tre (pop. 35,000) was one of the hardest hit towns in all Viet Nam: 45% destroyed, nearly 1,000 dead, and 10,000 homeless. Many sections of Saigon were heavily damaged and 120,000 people left homeless. Estimates of the damage to Hue ran as high...