Word: hu
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...past, marines in South Viet Nam have been limited to perimeter defense of the big airbases at Danang and Hué; they have been drastically restricted in seeking out the enemy. But last week they were told to start "aggressive reconnaissance patrolling." They did just that, and within a few hours, one Marine patrol sought out a Viet Cong unit in a hamlet nine miles outside of Danang, engaged in a 30-minute fire fight, and sent the Communists scurrying...
...very well might have been, but seven U.S. Navy Skyraiders from a nearby Seventh Fleet carrier suddenly swooped in almost low enough to get their bellies wet, buzzed the Red vessels. Meanwhile, an amphibious Air Force HU-16 "Albatross" that had been circling off Quangkhe in case of just such an emergency, zeroed in on a radio homing beacon built into Cullen's life belt and sighted a brilliant orange marker dye that the downed pilot had released into the water. Defying 5-ft. waves, the Albatross set down without mishap in the choppy gulf, taxied up to Cullen...
...Hué and Saigon, mothers burdened with hastily wrapped packages and damp-eyed children boarded commercial airliners barely 36 hours after learning they were to be separated from their husbands, many for at least a year. The evacuation was scheduled to be completed early this week. Remaining behind: 440 dependents of private U.S. citizens...
...Sorts. At that very moment, before 100 newsmen, Buddhist Political Chief Thich Tam Chau announced that he and four other monks had decided to "fast to the death if necessary, to protest against the cruel Huong regime." The five, including Thich Tri Quang, firebrand leader of Buddhists in Hué, took up positions sitting or lying side by side inside Saigon's main pagodas. It was hardly a bed of nails. Their pallets were comfortable foam-rubber mattresses draped with mosquito netting. Beside the fasters were handy slices of fruit and glasses of pale, cold tea, prompting a young...
Next day in the northern city of Hué, a Buddhist stronghold, some 4,000 students and hoodlums sacked the twostory U.S.I.S. headquarters, splintering furniture and bookshelves. Then they burned 5,000 books in gasoline...