Word: vc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...significant increase in the proportion of the total population under the control of the Saigon government. In this sense, as I stated in the article, the "Maoist-inspired rural revolution" had been undercut by the "American-sponsored urban revolution." "Forced-draft urbanization" had been an "effective response" to the VC strategy. These factual observations in the article were not and could not have been prescriptive; they were simple, straight-forward descriptions of what had happened and was happening in South Vietnam as I observed it; my prescriptive "policy recommendations" were entirely different. In a similar factual vein, my article also...
...APRIL 71 2300 HRS. TAN LONG HAMLET, NHON AN VILLAGE, AN NHON DISTRICT. UNKNOWN NO. VC (VIET CONG) INFILTRATED HAMLET, KILLED TWO CIV AND KIDNAPED THE HAMLET CHIEF AND HIS WIFE...
...APRIL 71 0400 HRS. CAI SON AGROVILLE, PHONG PHU VILLAGE, BINH DINH DISTRICT. VC ATTACKED RECEPTION CENTER OF REFUGEES FROM CAMBODIA. KILLING 3 CADRES. 4 ARVN. WOUNDING 3 CADRES AND 10 REFUGEES...
...behavior of South Vietnamese troops has also posed a serious threat. The major emotional fuel for the war to date has been anti-Vietnamese feelings successfully directed against the "North Vietnamese" and "VC...
...flak-jacketed ARVN Rangers carrying M-16s mingled with the holiday crowds. Memories of the 1968 holocaust were very much on the military's mind, but there was optimism as well. In the delta's lush Ba Xuyen province, a district chief discounted chances of a VC attack: "We've driven them out and I think they know better than to return." Earlier in the week, the enemy had mounted a minioffensive: 70 cities and bases were shelled or mortared one night, 44 the next. But as Tet neared, the activity died -so much so that...