Word: hue
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thirty miles to the south, the North Vietnamese sent scores of heavy rocket and artillery rounds crashing into Hue and defense posts on its southern and western perimeter. However, the shellings were not followed up by any attempt to take the old imperial capital...
What have the North Vietnamese accomplished in the current offensive? They have failed so far to capture Hue -although it is still not certain that seizing the city was one of Giap's basic strategic goals-but they have otherwise scored some substantial gains. They have badly hurt the South Vietnamese forces to the extent of 70,000 casualties. They have, moreover, re-established the presence of their own army inside South Viet Nam, thereby defeating ARVN'S two-year effort to keep the North Vietnamese regulars bottled up in Cambodia and Laos. Between April 1 and August...
...week. "It would make clear that not even the best ARVN troops can defend the major cities and population centers. That's why the whole war may be decided in the next two or three weeks." Thieu is known to fear that if the Communists were to take Hue, they would immediately offer an in-place cease-fire-and the U.S. would accept, despite Thieu's opposition. As the Thieu scenario continues, political chaos would follow and the regime would fall...
...only fair, even though it is defended by the esteemed Truong and 30,000 to 35,000 troops, including the highly rated 1st Division, three marine brigades, and airborne and ranger units. Opposing them are three Communist divisions and several independent regiments. When TIME Correspondent Stanley Cloud visited Hue last week, Communist guns were not far off. Cabled Cloud: "You can hear artillery in the distance, and from time to time the thunder of B-52 strikes rolls through the city to remind people how close the attackers are. The population -200,000 in normal times-has shrunk to about...
...sweet as a tropical fruit. On the main streets the traffic was mostly military. On the side streets there was no traffic at all. Houses were closed and shuttered. Schools were deserted, shops closed, restaurants barricaded. Only a few sampans plied the Perfume River. Some of the buildings of Hue University were used to house refugees. Once a day a dump truck arrived loaded with loaves of flyspecked 'welfare' bread. Each family of five was given one loaf a day, and nothing more. 'All the people with enough money have gone,' one middle-aged refugee told...