Word: lolo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...real battle-and the most precipitous retreat-involved the elite 1st ARVN Division. They had been assigned to man fire bases named Sophia, Lolo, Liz and A Luoi, and Landing Zone Brown, all overlooking the invasion route on Highway 9. All were abandoned after undergoing continued shelling and massed attacks by the North Vietnamese. The ARVN troops destroyed their own artillery and fought their way through the jungle until helicopters could reach them (see following story...
VIETNAMIZATION. President Nixon recently quoted Abrams as saying that, in Laos, ARVN has proved it can "hack it." It is true that battles like last week's bloody struggles at Fire Base Lolo and Landing Zone Brown show that South Vietnamese troops can summon considerable courage, even when outnumbered 3 to 1 or more. Yet it is also clear that the key to ARVN survival in Laos has been the lavish use of U.S. airpower. For their part, senior South Vietnamese officers say that Laos has exposed some leadership problems even in crack ARVN units, and the lesson, they...
South Vietnamese troops suffered their heaviest casualties in a single day of battle since the Laotian invasion began. One hundred thirty men were killed or wounded in jungle fighting two miles from Firebase Lolo...
...last four days Saigon forces have abandoned two key positions, Firebase Lolo and Firebase A Loui, and have retreated 15 miles toward the South Vietnamese border...
Some of the troops of the South Vietnamese 1st Division abandoning Lolo were ordered to relocate at Landing Zone Brown, a base five miles to the east which the South Vietnamese had planned to use for raids southward against a branch of the Ho Chi Minh trail...