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Word: minh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Buildup Their green twill uniforms and tan pith helmets identified them as North Vietnamese regulars. Intelligence said they belonged to Ho Chi Minh's 324B Division, which the U.S. Marines had routed out of South Viet Nam in Oper ation Hastings in July. Back up to full strength, the division was once more on the move. Advance units had infiltrated back across the supposedly neutral de militarized zone, perhaps to secure a foothold from which Ho's invaders could launch a major offensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Buildup on the Border | 9/30/1966 | See Source »

Ever since the U.S. began bombing North Viet Nam in February of last year, American pilots have been puzzled at the way Ho Chi Minh has used his air force. There were always plenty of MIGs on the ground, and bomber crews occasionally reported sighting small formations of the Russian-built fighters on the horizon. But the MIGs seldom ventured to attack unless the odds seemed overwhelmingly in their favor. Never have they made a concerted effort to protect any target. Never have they been seen over the Panhandle, the vital staging area for all military units infiltrating the South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: I Thought I'd Better Shoot | 9/30/1966 | See Source »

Ants & Water Buffalo. U.S. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler, 28, was shot down over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Snakes & the Angel | 9/23/1966 | See Source »

Enlai, now China's Premier, and North Viet Nam's Ho Chi Minh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Red China: Back to the Cave! | 9/9/1966 | See Source »

...installed a loudspeaker across a canal from Saigon's warehouse district, began to blare out attacks against them. Another Viet Cong detachment invaded a village ten miles from Saigon, spent the night replacing the government's neatly printed election slogans with their own: "Welcome the Ho Chi Minh Regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Encircled City | 9/2/1966 | See Source »

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