Word: marinese
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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So bad did Viet Nam's confused political situation become last week that at one point it nearly produced civil war. Flown from Saigon by Premier Ky to "liberate" the northern town of Danang, three battalions of Vietnamese marines at Danang Air Force Base showed every sign of marching...
Inside the base, where TIME Correspondent Don Neff walked in on the crisis, the U.S. Marines had to make some quick decisions. If Yeu shelled the base, he would not only precipitate civil war between Vietnamese units but would almost surely kill or injure some of the 30,000 Americans...
Danang, headquarters for 20,000 U.S. Marines and a major airbase, was hardly in Communist hands, although demonstrators had taken over the radio station and some government buildings, on occasion assisted by Thi's Vietnamese troops. The U.S., which had tried to stay out of the swelling crisis, even...
Fasten Seat Belts. Ky flew in his own plane to Danang, where he was met at the airport by Thi's successor, appointed by the junta, Major General Chuan. While Ky's marines set up tents near the airport, and demonstrators, aided by some 300 I Corps soldiers...
Single File. In the ground war, U.S. Marines, cleaning out the mangrove swamps near Saigon in Operation Jackstay, rooted out a major Viet Cong headquarters. Its 25 buildings included a hospital, classrooms, dispensaries, a large ammunition dump and a factory for the manufacture of water mines used to harass shipping...