Word: marinese
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sir: Let no one interpret the lifted siege of Khe Sanh [April 12] as a reciprocal act by the North Vietnamese for the decreased bombing of the North. The siege was lifted because 6,000 outnumbered Marines, who were never doubtful of the outcome of the impending attack, made a...
"I feel so much better about myself," declared Mary Elizabeth, 21, explaining her starry-eyed dissent, which is echoed by her twin brother Tim's adamant refusal to accept either a student deferment or the draft. Uppermost in prompting her decision to renounce martial ways is her intense Roman...
As allied patrols scoured the scorched and battered moonscape around the liberated Marine garrison of Khe Sanh last week, they found North Vietnamese trenches and bunkers, tons of supplies and ammunition, some 1,300 bodies-and hardly a trace of opposition. Whether fled or dead, the formidable force of 20...
In addition, deep in the Laotian hillsides Giap placed Russian-made 152-mm. cannons, their long tubes zeroed in on besieged Marines. Altogether, Hanoi's gunners poured more explosives into Khe Sanh than they had into Dienbienphu, reaching a peak on Feb. 23, when 1,300 rounds slammed into...
As a result of the bombing, said General William Westmoreland, the U.S. had won the battle of Khe Sanh. Spiraling in by helicopter for a quick visit to the base just before his trip to Washington, Westmoreland declared: "We took 220 killed at Khe Sanh and about 800 wounded and...