Word: mortared
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...forces seemed to be missing opportunities to strike a second blow while the country was still struggling to recover from the initial attacks. As the days slipped by, the waiting created an unreal aura of suspense. Then last week the Communists hit again with a synchronized series of widespread mortar and rocket attacks. But, without strong supporting infantry assaults by week's end, their latest move did not seem to amount to the fullscale second wave...
...shellfire began hitting Saigon in the middle of the night, U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker was whisked from his villa to a secure haven for the second time in three weeks. So was President Nguyen Van Thieu, as fears spread of Viet Cong again rampaging through Saigon. Six 82-mm. mortar rounds exploded outside the U.S.'s "Pentagon East" headquarters, where General William C. Westmoreland was sleeping. The commander was not hurt, but shell fragments wounded four sentries...
...government or are necessary to assure the security of American forces. In many respects, this strategy closely resembles General James Gavin's enclave theory. Galbraith maintains, however, that his proposal differs in calling for active patrolling beyond the cities and the U.S. bases to keep the enemy beyond mortar range...
...Sanh grows steadily shabbier. More and more "hardbacks" (metal-roofed shacks) are tumbled by the incoming; day by day the protective sandbags and runway matting rise higher on bunkers. Even so, the bunkers cannot withstand direct hits. A rocket or mortar round will collapse a bunker and likely kill its occupants. The Seabees are finishing strong underground bunkers for the control-tower crew of Khe Sanh's airstrip and the evacuation hospital, rushing to complete the work before the threatened battle erupts. Meanwhile, the doctors must make do in cramped quarters: the operating room is an empty metal...
...supporting V.C. troops positioned around the embassy began lobbing mortar fire onto the grounds. Then the 19 commandos appeared, wearing civilian clothes (with identifying red armbands) and carrying automatic weapons, rockets and enough high explosives to demolish the building. Attacking simultaneously, some of the guerrillas blasted a hole in the concrete wall with an antitank gun and swarmed through it; others quickly scaled a rear fence. Though allied intelligence had predicted the attack, the embassy's defense consisted of only five U.S. military guards-just one more than normal. They fought back so fiercely that only their courage denied...