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Meanwhile, to the south near Hue, four U.S. 101st Airborne companies and the Black Panther company of South Viet Nam's 1st Division trapped a North Vietnamese battalion in the village of Phuoc Yen. Throwing a tight cordon around the village, they mercilessly pounded it with artillery for more than a day. As the besieged Communists tried to break out, they were shot down. Then the artillery was stopped, and for an hour loudspeakers in planes and on the ground called on the survivors to surrender...
...living by farming and hunting with crossbows and knives, wear loincloths. The Viet Cong not only missed the services of those Montagnards who had fled to government protection, but also feared that their lead might be followed by the 20,000 other Montagnards in the province of Phuoc Long, many of whom are still serfs of the V.C. Lest the others should get the idea of seeking government protection, the Communists decided to make an example of the refugees...
...rocket attacks were launched in the middle of the night against two U.S. airbases near Saigon, Bien Hoa and Phuoc Vinh. From Bien Hoa fly half the fighter-bomber strikes that originate in South Viet Nam, and the Viet Cong attack was undoubtedly a token riposte for U.S. bombing of MIG bases in the north. Some 125 rounds of the Russianmade rocket, 82-mm. mortar and 75-mm. recoilless-rifle fire raked Bien Hoa, killing six Americans and wounding 85. The 15-minute attack destroyed four planes and damaged 25, also damaged runways, barracks and equipment. Phuoc Vinh was attacked...
Rock V Roll. When they are not patrolling, the Marines help the villagers and try to get to know them better. In Phuoc Trach, a fishing village on the populous coastal plain below Danang, CAC protection allowed Navy Seabees to build a bridge connecting the village with the main road to the provincial capital. In the past, villagers had to sail up a Viet Cong-controlled river to reach their market-and pay plenty of fish in tribute along the way. The Phuoc Trach Marines have even taught their Vietnamese friends how to dance to rock 'n' roll...
Replacing district officials, the youths marshaled 1,000 student friends, embarked on an ambitious improvement scheme. Nguyen Tan Phuoc, 19, a high school junior, began running a bulldozer on the site of the district's first public high school, which the students are building. Mai Viet Phuong, 20, organized hog co-operatives among the district's farmers. Standing in red clay soil that squished over his sandals, Luong Van Tron, 20, a law student, recalled how his pals kidded him at first about stooping to such "cheap" labor; now eight of them have joined...