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...decimation of the 23rd Division robbed Pleiku of its defenses. At the same time, the Saigon government realized that it was badly outgunned in Kontum as well. There are now four North Vietnamese divisions in the Central Highlands. Thieu met secretly in the coastal city of Nha Trang on March 14 with Lieut. General Pham Van Phu, commander of Military Region II. The President decided to take the most drastic of steps-strategic retreat. The four ranger groups defending Kontum were shifted southeast to the coastal province of Phu Yen, to be followed a few days later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIET NAM: THIEU'S RISKY RETREAT | 3/31/1975 | See Source »

General Phu also began moving the Military Region II headquarters from Pleiku farther south to Nha Trang. In Kontum, 68 aircraft, grounded because of a lack of spare parts, were destroyed to keep them from falling into enemy hands. As the ARVN forces moved southward, the South Vietnamese air force flew in and bombed every bridge after the ground troops crossed it. It was a last retreat. No one is planning to go back for a long time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIET NAM: THIEU'S RISKY RETREAT | 3/31/1975 | See Source »

...roughly resembles one proposed by retired Army Lieut. General James Gavin, who in 1966 pro posed that American forces draw back to such easily defended enclaves along the South Vietnamese coast as Nha Trang, Cam Ranh, Qui Nhon and Danang itself. These populous cities have economic and military value; they also contain vital facilities such as harbors and airstrips that offer the best opportunity for successful defense. Although most American military experts rejected the enclave strategy when Gavin first proposed it, many of them are now giving Thieu high marks for his strategy of retreat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIET NAM: THIEU'S RISKY RETREAT | 3/31/1975 | See Source »

...Chim Trang...

Author: By Jim Blum, | Title: Footprints | 3/23/1974 | See Source »

...SECOND MONTH I was in Vietnam I took a transport plane from Bien Hoa up to Cam Ranh Bay to conduct some business for my company. I eventually had to go to Nha Trang and Cam Ranh was the staging point for traffic flying north...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: For Some, Vietnam Was A Personal Experience, And Not a History Lesson | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

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