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...Sanh had been abandoned since American Marines manned the base in 1968 during a 77-day siege. When the Laotian campaign began in early February the site was reopened as an important base. Three helicopters were damaged during the attack yesterday but were able to fly out safely to Quang...
THREE weeks after the attack on the Ho Chi Minh Trail had begun. South Viet Nam's rugged Quang Tri province, the chief staging area, became a major stop on the VIP circuit. Texas Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, new to the Senate Armed Services Committee, flew in by executive jet, only to be waved away from Khe Sanh when Communist mortar fire suddenly thudded in. South Viet Nam's Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, resplendent in his standard field getup-black flight suit, purple scarf and revolver-arrived to visit South Vietnamese marines. "I tried to visit Laos myself...
...small, carpeted courtroom, his counsel, George Latimer, led him back and forth across the countryside of Quang Ngai province. With violent and painful detail, the young officer recapitulated the events of March...
...correspondents covering the war in Indochina have been so completely frustrated as the group of 50-odd camped at Quang Tri in northwestern South Viet Nam. They have been virtually stymied in their efforts to report major South Vietnamese operations in Laos. Officially, their only source of information is briefings by U.S. and South Vietnamese officers. U.S. helicopter pilots have been forbidden to carry correspondents into Laos. And when some American flyers leaked word to newsmen last week about an embattled South Vietnamese Ranger battalion, they were promptly prevented from having further conversations with correspondents. The pilots' operations center...
...Associated Press correspondent reported that almost 2000 more U. S. troops have moved into the northern-most Quang Tri area of South Vietnam to replace South Vietnamese forces recently shifted to Laos. The movement of U. S. forces has increased the number of Americans in that province to between...