Word: mortars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THOMAS HYLAND, 30, was seriously wounded by a mortar shell while serving as a military adviser in Viet Nam in December 1968. He is special counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission in the New York region. "I paid with almost two years of my life for something I don't have the answers to. The Government owes us a debt that is signed in blood to explain why Tom Hyland and others like him went there...
...heaviest fighting took place at Xuan Loc, 40 miles east of Saigon, the capital of Long Khanh province. The Communist attack began Wednesday with a 2,000-round barrage of rockets and artillery and mortar fire, followed by a ground assault supported by tanks. According to Western analysts, Xuan Loc's nearly 6,000 defenders-including units of the 18th ARVN Division, which has its headquarters there-held their ground well...
...twin towns of Banam and Neak Luong. The victory freed some 4,000 Khmer Rouge troops who were reported to be making their way up the Mekong in sampans for the looming assault on the capital. To the east, the attackers overran several government positions to come within mortar and rocket range of the main navy base at the Chrouy Changvar promontory on the Mekong River. To the southeast, the Khmer Rouge pushed within eight miles of the city limits...
...insurgents was a step-up in their attacks throughout the country. After withstanding a prolonged seige, the government last week finally abandoned the city of Kompong Seila, 70 miles southwest of Phnom-Penh, and airlifted 2,000 civilians and troops out of the city. The Khmer Rouge advanced within mortar range of the airport at Battambang, the country's second largest city (pop. 200,000), temporarily halting the ammunition and supply flights on which that city depends for survival...
...continue the war but to keep the Khmer Rouge from entering Phnom-Penh that we are asking for aid," Saukam Khoy said last week. Some of the defending units had no more than six or ten mortar rounds left to repulse the next attack. Young front-line commanders often kept an ear on the radio, hoping for news that the U.S. Congress would change its mind and grant...