Word: marinese
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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It was a foolhardy sniper who leaped out of a camouflaged hole one evening last week and fired a shot at a group of U.S. marines on the prowl for the Viet Cong. His zeal was costly. Approaching the "spider trap," the marines tossed in some grenades, and out popped...
The big bag was part of Operation Piranha, a joint U.S.-Vietnamese assault on the Batangan peninsula 20 miles south of coastal Chu Lai-and a suspected supply base for guerrillas operating in the area. At dawn of Piranha's first day, big naval guns pounded Batangan's...
The landings by sea and air were virtually unopposed, but soon Piranha's pincers, aided by tactical air strikes from Navy bombers, were flushing out Viet Cong on all sides. In the first encounter, U.S. Marines killed four V.C. and captured six. The Vietnamese soon checked in with 28...
He had every right to be. At week's end Operation Piranha had yielded the marines 112 Viet Cong dead and 43 prisoners, not to mention an additional 66 V.C. kills scored by the South Vietnamese troops.
Fancy Feints. The week's events showed that his strong right hand, at least, was having some effect. In the wake of the U.S. Marines' victory over four veteran Viet Cong battalions at Chu Lai, the guerrillas were lying low; in fact, they have initiated no action above...