Word: laotians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...officers said two airborne battalions struggled out of Laos on foot after being flown out of the combat area by helicopters, while helicopter gunships fired upon North Vietnamese positions less than a mile inside the Laotian border...
...helicopter forces, under increased attack from North Vietnamese gunners inside Laos, began yesterday to pull out of their command post at Khe Sanh near the Laotian border...
...puts it, "nobody knew what was going on.'' In the week-long battle for the hilltop fire base, a number of U.S. helicopters were shot down, and more than a few of those that wobbled back to Khe Sanh were thoroughly shot up. Since the Laotian operation began on Feb. 8, the loss rate of U.S. helicopters -normally about one per 16,000 sorties -has quadrupled. So far during the Laos operation, Communist gunners have knocked out no fewer than 61 helicopters, about 10% of the fleet originally committed to Lam Son 719. More than 160 other birds...
Advancing North Vietnamese forces this weekend sent the remnants of what was once an elite South Vietnamese army hurtling back across the Laotian border towards the protection of American units. American helicopters, jet fighters, and B-52s flew hundreds of missions in an attempt to keep the South Vietnamese units from being completely wiped...
...command also moved two armored units towards the Laotian border, trying to prevent the North Vietnamese from sweeping across the border into South Vietnam. The units were reported to be engaged in heavy fighting. American helicopters were kept busy flying the South Vietnamese out of their surrounded remaining half-dozen bases in Laos. A correspondent for NBC news described the retreating South Vietnamese as "tired and beaten...