Word: tried
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...General William Westmoreland who decided that the base would have to be held. A withdrawal from North Vietnamese encirclement, difficult at best, would not only be a major political and psychological setback for the U.S., he reasoned, but would leave Quang Tri province and the cities of I Corps open to North Vietnamese attack. Before committing the U.S. fully to Khe Sanh's defense, however, President Johnson went to the extraordinary length of extracting a written pledge from the Joint Chiefs of Staff that it could be held...
...Billion Program. Beyond the bombing issue, Hanoi is expected to propose that the two northernmost provinces of South Viet Nam, which include the cities of Hué and Quang Tri, be turned into a buffer zone. That would be a tough proposal for the allies to accept, since it would effectively give Hanoi part of what it sought-and failed to get-in 1954: partition of the country near the 16th parallel instead of the 17th. The U.S. is likely to call for a return to the conditions set forth, and frequently violated, at Geneva in 1954, with emphasis...
...dock facilities in the Saigon River, where Communist forces unsuccessfully attempted to follow up a mortar and rocket attack with an assault. Within two hours the city had largely become quiet again. The Communists also shelled, among other cities, Hué, Pleiku, Can Tho, Kontum, My Tho and Quang Tri. Four U.S. Marines were killed and six wounded when five mortar rounds hit the Danang headquarters of Marine Commander Lieut. General Robert E. Cushman...
Everyone knows the ability to drive straight and true is an important prerequisite for any golfer. As the Crimson linksters discovered prior to their opening tri-meet of the spring two years ago, it's even more important than some might think...
...their season-opening tri-meet last fall, the Crimson harriers discovered that the faster team always wins, even when the faster team runs in the wrong direction. It seemed that two miles into the race against the powerful Providence College Friars and the Massachusetts Minutemen, the leaders, most of whom were wearing Friar jerseys, got a bit confused by the course's markings and began running a course of their own design...