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...General of the Armies John J. ("Black Jack") Pershing; of combat wounds; near Quang Tri, Viet Nam. A Yale graduate who received his Army commission seven months ago, Pershing went to Viet Nam and was leading a patrol in search of a member of his platoon when he was killed in a Viet Cong ambush...
South Vietnamese infantry units closed in on the city from all sides, and three companies of U.S. Marines, spearheaded by a platoon of army tanks, moved in to rescue a besieged U.S. military advisory unit trapped in its command. That mission accomplished, they turned to aid the South Vietnamese in rooting out the NVA, who reportedly were being guided and fed by Hué students. In the twisting alleyways of the old city, digging out the Communists turned out to be a tough task. After two days of combat, President Thieu phoned ARVN I Corps Commander Lieut. General Hoang Xuan...
...Weak Links. There is overwhelming evidence that the V.C. barrage is backfiring badly. Black American soldiers are not flattered by such wooing. "It's a bunch of jibe," says Negro Platoon Sergeant John F. Foulks. "I read it-and forgot it." Other Negro soldiers get angry. "Where was all this brotherhood crap when my friends got killed?" asks SP4 Gerald Walker...
...Richard Lester mixes explosively funny moments with comedy of a blacker sort in a surrealistic vision of war, as a platoon of World War II tommies (including Michael Crawford, Jack MacGowran, John Lennon) attempts to build an officers' cricket field behind enemy lines...
...longer feel safe in much of South Viet Nam," said the admiral, adding: "I do not want to overstate our gains. The Communist forces in South Viet Nam retain a dangerous capability for terrorism and guerrilla warfare." Just how unsafe some Viet Cong feel was demonstrated last week. A platoon of Viet Cong, 38 strong, defected and turned themselves in to some startled South Vietnamese south of Danang. It was the largest unit defection...