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Word: subsectors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1967-1967
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...rocket and mortar rounds on the Special Forces camp and on the sub-sector compound. Part of their 273rd Regiment roared into the undefended town itself, took it over and used its dispensary to treat Viet Cong wounded. At the same time, other elements of the 273rd attacked the subsector compound from the north and west, filtering through the gloom of the rubber trees and throwing themselves against the guns of the 105 men inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Death Among the Rubber Trees | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

...above with their mini-guns, and Air Force jets made one screaming run after another, dropping anti-personnel bombs. The few Viet Cong who survived the lethal gauntlet to reach the strip's west side were caught in a murderous crossfire between the Special Forces camp and the subsector compound. Again, more than 100 Viet Cong died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Death Among the Rubber Trees | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

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