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Last week the forbidding ruins, relics of an earlier and rougher stage in the war, were abruptly jolted from their silence. From jumping-off points 50 miles away, long columns of tanks, trucks and armored personnel carriers ground into the rugged western reaches of Quang Tri province, raising towering columns of dust. Overhead, gunships darted around in search of enemy troops. Giant Chinook helicopters flapped into long-abandoned bases, depositing men and massive earth-moving machines. At Lang Vei, a halftrack pulled up loaded with expectant-looking G.I.s. One soldier had a single word painted on his helmet: "Laos...
...important change. While broadening their own demands, they also threw their weight behind other oppressed groups in South Vietnam: a pathetic mass of war veterans, who burst upon the Saigon scene to protest bitterly about the government's refusal to help them find housing and jobs; the An Quang Buddhists, who tried launching a nation-wide peace campaign at the end of May; and some 100,000 striking workers, who demonstrated during the month of June...
...said U. S. warplanes "repeatedly attacked many populated areas, communication lines and economic establishments in Quang Bing and Ha Tinh provinces" in the southern-most corner of North Vietnam, which borders Laos below the 19th parallel. "Many flights...
...whether his unit had used Orange since the suspension, Morrison firmly replied: "None whatsoever. I've used nothing but Blue* defoliant." By contrast, Morrison's enlisted men told Ridenhour that Agent Orange has been sprayed since April on hundreds of acres of farmland in the highlands of Quang Ngai province. As evidence, they pointed to the fact that 145 barrels of the chemical were carried on their unit's books, but only 40 were actually on hand. What happened to the missing barrels? "We sprayed a lot of it," said David Church, a 21-year-old draftee...
According to the statement, the defoliant was used in both Quang Ngai and Quang Tin provinces, which supports information given to Ridenhour that the spraying was carried out by more than one unit in the division. Thus, Ridenhour believes that the spraying must have been authorized on the divisional level...