Word: mortar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Militarily, there was no doubt about Communist intransigence. During the week, there were about 130 rocket and mortar attacks against cities and bases. The headquarters bivouac of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division at Dong Tarn, 35 miles southwest of Saigon, was torn up so severely by hostile fire that U.S. newsmen were barred from the scene. Two ARVN Special Forces battalions were also savaged by enemy attacks 35 miles northeast of Saigon: their casualties were reported as "moderate," a euphemism for fairly substantial losses. The continued enemy pressure around Saigon was underscored by the U.S. sweep in the V.C.-infested...
Birds chattered and giggled overhead. A long-tailed black lizard bobbed its head in the heat. Then the first line of the 55th went in, and the lizard was suddenly gone. The bush erupted with sharp bursts of automatic fire. An incoming mortar round decapitated a palm tree and left three men writhing and mangled. The periodic silences between bursts were broken by frightened screaming birds. Wounded men straggled back. Their black faces shaded gray by shock, they handed weapons and ammunition to their replacements. There was the unmistakable whistle of a 105-mm. howitzer. "Don't worry," said...
...more than just the bricks and mortar that make up the buildings. It is building these good relationships with people. Every year, we can reach deeper into the Indian view of the world...
Vogt cites this working atmosphere in his definition of the Harvard field station on the outskirts of San Cristobal: "It's more than just the bricks and mortar that make up the buildings. It is building these good relationships with people....Every year, we can reach deeper into the Indian view of the world...
...rocket and mortar fire continued to pound up and down South Viet Nam and the Communists' post-Tet offensive of 1969 ended its third week, it bore some superficial resemblances to its predecessor at Tet last year. There was scarcely a major city or military center in the country that had not suffered some enemy fire. The numbers of provincial capitals that came under attack this year and last were identical: 29. "If you plotted the action by throwing up darts at a board," said one U.S. officer, "they'd look about the same." Outwardly the most distressing...