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Word: subcommand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them raw and untrained, who are now being given crash courses in tactics and fire discipline in jungle bivouacs. To remedy their communications problems in the Saigon area, the Communists have redivided the capital's command zones, creating a forward command center near the city and five subcommand posts, all linked by radio network. They have also been busy improving their transportation network, building and surfacing roads in a dozen places, including one within 30 miles of Saigon. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong have been feverishly refitting and resupplying; Soviet shipments to Hanoi are running about 300% higher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Simmering Along | 5/3/1968 | See Source »

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