Word: nang
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...Nang was now in Communist hands, according to Premier Ky, who announced that the government soon will launch military operations there to regain control. Ky blamed Da Nang's mayor, a 37-year-old doctor, who has been in office since January. Warned Ky: "Either Da Nang's mayor is shot or the government will fall." Whether so dire a threat would quell the unrest, or simply fan it, a nervous Saigon-and an anxious Washington-waited...
...same time, the U.S. assembled a force of more than 120 U.S. Super Sabres, Thunderchiefs and B57 Canberra bombers from Bienhoa and Da nang in South Viet Nam, as well as bases in Thailand and possibly the Philippines. Some 30 of the planes peeled off and headed for Quangkhe, while the main force converged on Xombang (appropriately pronounced zom-bang), a jungle staging area and supply dump for infiltrators, ten miles north of the South Viet Nam frontier. More than 120 tons of bombs rained down on Xombang, and U.S. officers later reported "severe damage." All told, one South Vietnamese...
Then he flew off to the seaside town of Da Nang to celebrate South Viet Nam's Air Force Day. Trim F-1OOs lined the runway as several score of Vietnamese pilots plus three U.S. aviators were decorated with the Medal of Gallantry with Gold Wings. At the nearby base hospital, Taylor passed out Purple Hearts to two wounded Americans and stopped to chat with a sergeant who had jumped with him over Normandy on D-day 20 years...