Word: nams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Abrams' caution is understandable, since there are signs that the enemy may have actually improved his position. Infiltration of North Vietnamese regulars into South Viet Nam continues at a record rate-so much so that Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units are considered back up to full strength after their recent losses. In some areas, replacements are of higher quality than ever before; they have evidently come from training units long held back in the safety of the North. The Communist supply lines and communications network have been improved enormously by feverish labor on the roads and trails through...
...lead elements of the North Vietnamese 320th Division were back in I Corps after a June retreat north across the DMZ, keeping up the pressure in clashes with U.S. soldiers and Marines across the breadth of Quang Tri province. The Americans, joined by South Vietnamese infantrymen, chased North Viet Nam regulars two miles into the DMZ, killing...
...peering at the world through sedate, rimless glasses, he looked more like a college president or a banker. His voice was soft, his language reserved. A small measure of the man was his constant companion, a big, silver German shepherd named King, who had been sent to Viet Nam as a sentry dog but had proved too tame for the task...
...Viet Nam, Ware played a similar role on a larger scale. Not long after he arrived in Saigon, the Communists unleashed their Tet offensive. Within seven hours after its onset, Ware had organized a pick-up force of some nine infantry battalions and assorted other units and led them into positions around Saigon, where they disrupted enemy supply and reinforcement units and killed Communists retreating from the city...
...troops in combat, rushed to the battle in his helicopter. As it flew across the battle area, Ware's helicopter suddenly caught fire and crashed, most likely brought down by enemy ground fire. At 52, Ware became the fourth U.S. general to die in combat in Viet Nam.* Three of his staff and the four helicopter crewmen died with...