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...hospital, the wounded were packed two to a bed. DeVoss talked with Hoang Thien, a 57-year-old laborer whose wife and daughter were there for treatment of shrapnel wounds from mines planted by the Communists on the shoulders of the roads. "The V.C. didn't want anyone to leave, because once the people go the B-52s come," said Thien. "But a V.C. rocket destroyed my house, so I had no choice. They shot at us so we don't go, but we ran for two days until we hit the mines." For the first time...
Alpha 4, the other base turned over to ARVN last week, is only three miles from the southern edge of the DMZ. Better known as Con Thien-the name that was still lettered on its tactical operations center when the 300-man G.I. garrison pulled out last week-it is a small triangle of dusty hillocks that long ago earned a pivotal niche in the history of the war. In 1967, the North Vietnamese put such relentless pressure on Con Thien and inflicted so many casualties that the American public's confidence in its government's management...
...raising NVA troop strength in the five northern provinces to 52,000 troops (plus 24,000 Viet Cong guerrillas). Despite the presence of 180,000 South Vietnamese troops and the ready availability of U.S. airpower, the Communists seem capable of inflicting embarrassing losses in Quang Tri and Thua Thien, the two provinces just south...
...spirit and intelligence into it, moving from one extreme to another. When he first saw combat in Viet Nam as a civilian pacification specialist, in fact, Ellsberg seemed to enjoy the experience. A reporter recalls hearing loud shouts as a U.S. infantry company operated near Rach Thien in 1966. "There was Ellsberg, dressed in fatigues and jungle boots, telling the infantrymen to get off their goddamned asses, to get on the offensive and stay on the offensive. He carried a submachine gun and was practically taking over the company...
...presidential election coming up in November, they say, he is in no position to start swinging a political ax at influential backers. His opponents, on the other hand, point out that his own uncle, Ngo Xuan Tich, directs the government agency charged with rooting out corruption, while Tran Thien Khoi, a brother of Premier Tran Thien Khiem, is in charge of all antismuggling operations...