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...last five weeks have brought a rude awakening to the American military. The mounting fury of the Tet offensive and the battles for Saigon and Hue have revealed how grossly American intelligence has underestimated Communist military strength. For the first time since full-fledged American involvement began, the assumption that American military might would ultimately prevail is being seriously questioned...
...visit to the refugee camps, and we visited them around Saigon, in Hue, most intensively in the city of Quang Ngai, a visit to these camps brought out one thing which I had not quite been prepared for. As you walked through the camp, looking around, smiling at people, greeting people, children run around your legs as children will anyplace in the world, having great fun. Even the women might smile back when you greet them. However, from the men, regardless what their age was, we got a very sullen stare in response...
Tattered Treasures. Writhing in the agony of prolonged battle, once-lovely Hue remained the only city in South Viet Nam where the V.C. flag still flew. Ten days of bitter street fighting cleared -at least temporarily-the modern residential section south of the Perfume River, but the battle raged with full fury in the rubble-strewn Citadel, the early 19th century imperial fortress that holds much of Viet Nam's architectural and cultural treasure. As thousands of refugees huddled under a grey pall from countless fires, 1,000 U.S. Marines crossed the river to help the 2,500 South...
...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 as 80%. One out of five of Dalat's 82,000 people was without a roof over his head...
...from the North Vietnamese units that swept into it two weeks ago. The North Vietnamese had arrived to stay, and students from the University of Hué acted as their guides, in some cases donning the uniform of Viet Cong regulars. As the ancient capital of Viet Nam, Hue was a prime piece of captured real estate for propaganda purposes, and the NVA fought for every inch of it against ARVN troopers and a battalion-size force of U.S. Marines that moved in from the south...