Word: pentagons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wherever You Go." Pentagon officials quote the observation by a Viet Nam veteran in a letter home: "You can't run away from Viet Nam, because it will follow wherever you go." While President Johnson insists that the U.S. will remain there as long as Saigon's sovereignty is threatened, the war will inevitably confront him with profound problems at home...
...total since Jan. 1, 1961, when the Pentagon began counting casualties: U.S.: 1,484 killed in action, 7,337 wounded. South Viet Nam: 30,427 killed in action, 63,009 wounded. Viet Cong: 104,500 killed in action, 250,000 wounded...
After a round of Pentagon assignments, he became the Army's youngest major general at 42. Named superintendent of West Point in 1960, he expanded its facilities, increased enrollment (from 2,500 to 4,000) and came under congressional fire for the first and -so far-only time in his career. His offense was to hire Football Coach Paul Dietzel away from Louisiana State University, and the Louisiana delegation was fighting-mad. In 1964, "Westy" was summoned to Saigon as Paul Harkins' deputy. By midyear he was the Pentagon's natural choice...
Last of the great big spenders, of course, will be the Pentagon. The esti mated defense budget for the current fiscal year is now $53 billion, and may well go over $60 billion next year. However, the Administration could deliberately underestimate defense spending when the whole administrative budget goes to Congress next month. Having avoided tying a tax increase to his domestic programs for the time being, the President could come back later with a supplementary request and blame the war for any tax boost that might be needed...
...transportation out of commission, most goods must be moved up the coast in World War II LSTs, which are able to disgorge their cargo in shallow water right on the beach. Currently only 14 LSTs, manned largely by Japanese, are available to do the job. But last week the Pentagon was weighing a contract with Vancouver's Alaska Barge & Transport Co. to put its oceangoing tugs and barges to work in Viet Nam waters. And the installation last week of a 300-ft. De Tong pier at Cam Ranh Bay upped South Viet Nam's port capacity...