Word: trung
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most bizarre expression of mounting opposition to the President last week was made by a 26-year-old South Vietnamese air force lieutenant named Nguyen Thanh Trung, who tried-literally-to bomb Thieu out of office. Shortly after taking off from Bien Hoa airbase for an early morning bombing run in support of ARVN troops in Military Region III, Trung radioed his commander that he would have to turn back because his F-5 had engine trouble. Instead of returning to base, he headed for the white, modern Independence Palace, Thieu's presidential residence at the end of Thong...
...isolated act by a group out to assassinate me and change this constitutional and legal regime." When it became clear that the bombing was not the prelude to a coup or an attack on the palace, the curfew was lifted after six hours. Meanwhile, according to Communist spokesmen, Lieut. Trung safely landed his plane at an undisclosed airfield controlled by the NVA. There he was welcomed, promoted to the rank of captain, and awarded the "Liberation Distinguished Service Order Second Class." Apparently Trung's attack on Thieu was motivated by personal reasons; he was said to be very depressed...
...Enemy strategy is to keep us pinned down protecting our hamlets," says Major General Nguyen Vinh Nghi, the commander of Military Region IV (the Delta area), who is rated as one ofARVN'S top generals. One typical fire-coordination center at Trung Ngan resembles a medieval fortress, with its thick walls towering over watery rice fields. Operating from such outposts, Nghi hopes to drive the enemy completely out of the region...
...political target. Saigon is a political target. Their goal of a 'third Viet Nam' [a separate Communist state in the South] is very real." Although his sector is seemingly quiet, the war is real here too. Noting the endless rolls of concertina wire surrounding the Trung Ngan bunker, I ask: "General, what are you going to do with all that barbed wire when the war is over?" Nghi smiles thinly. "You tell me when the war will be over and I'll tell you what we'll do with the barbed wire...
...Since the signing of the ceasefire, more than 50,000 Vietnamese on both sides have died in the continued fighting-more than the total number of Americans killed in the eleven years of U.S. involvement. When a newsman in Saigon asked: "Is there a cease-fire?" Lieut. Colonel Le Trung Hien, the military spokesman, replied dryly: "Our daily communiqués [of military action] answer your question...