Word: mekong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Buddha, works of art, the concept of a god-king. The unique fusion of Indo-Asian culture that resulted reached its greatest heights in Cambodia, the seat of the once-mighty Khmer Empire. Between the 9th and the 14th centuries, the Khmers conquered all of Southeast Asia, from the Mekong Delta in Viet Nam to Burma on the Bay of Bengal, backing up their rule by building an elaborate set of canals and reservoirs and making rice a stable crop. They also left behind one of the architectural wonders of the world: the colonnaded temple of Angkor...
...annual wet-season and dry-season offensives. Save for air attacks, however, the U.S. has never seriously threatened North Viet Nam's hold on eastern Laos and the all-important trail networks. In turn, Hanoi has never mounted an all-out offensive against government positions along the Mekong River...
...having had "contact with the Communists." Chau admitted to having been in touch with his elder brother, a North Vietnamese intelligence officer, but said that he was trying to persuade him to "renounce Communism." U.S. sources, including John Paul Vann, chief of the U.S. pacification effort in the Mekong Delta region, and retired Major General Edward G. Lansdale, a counterinsurgency expert with long service in South Viet Nam, have stated that Chau reported his meetings not only to other Vietnamese officials but also to the CIA. Chau, said Lansdale, is "a very loyal, patriotic Vietnamese...
...final dramatic gesture, Chau pinned on the green and gold National Order medal he had won for his service as a former Mekong Delta province chief. The decoration, South Viet Nam's highest, bears the inscription: "The nation is grateful to you." Wearers of the medal are supposed to be saluted by soldiers and police, and to be treated with particular courtesy. But when the cops burst in, they unceremoniously ripped his medal off, beat him to the floor, handcuffed him. dragged him down a flight of stairs by his feet, bumping his head on each step, and tossed...
...give ARVN enough time, it probably can solve its problems-lack of confidence, getting enough experienced NCOs and junior officers and sufficient equipment. Whatever indications we have are encouraging. Still, we can't be sure unless there is a more definitive test. It might come in the Mekong Delta...