Word: laotians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...throughout the hills as unit after U.S. unit moved in and made contact through the week. At nightfall the infantrymen would pull back, and air and artillery would go to work. B-52s several times came in to pound enemy positions, particularly along the lines of retreat to the Laotian border, where 150,000 Ibs. of explosives were dropped in a single raid. At week's end the fighting was still flaring in spots around Dak To, having already cost the Communists some 500 dead. This time the price was also heavy for some U.S. units, which lost...
...significant support during the week. In London, Prime Minister Harold Wilson told the House of Commons that while he was opposed to proposals for intensifying the war, such as an invasion of North Viet Nam, he was 100% convinced of Washington's genuine desire for peace. In Washington, Laotian Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma declared during a White House luncheon that he, for one, was "grateful that you came to Indo-China to help us survive," for "if tomorrow South Viet Nam became Communist, all that would be left for us to do would be simply to pack...
...scrub brush and elephant grass earlier in the year to serve as a free-fire zone in which anything that moves is shot at. Though details of the new barrier remain secret, it is assumed that it will be an extension of the present line over to the Laotian border. Thus it probably will be necessary for the Marines to hold Con Thien until combat engineers complete the barrier and electronic devices, mines and barbed wire take over the surveillance role...
Watching both antagonists from a hill were two companies of Royal Laotian infantry, ordered there by Laotian Commander in Chief Ouane Rathikoune, who depends heavily on his cut in the opium trade to buy the loyalty of his soldiers. When Chan tried to cross the Mekong in barges, the Chinese opened fire with everything in their armory. The Laotian commander tried to negotiate a truce and, failing, withdrew to watch the melee...
...both sides; Lao river boats sprayed machine-gun bullets with a fine lack of discrimination. When it was all over, Chan's forces had 82 dead, the Chinese soldiers some 200. Two Thais who had stopped to watch the action from across the river were killed, and the Laotian infantry counted several wounded. A goodly portion of the opium mysteriously disappeared, and has yet to be found...