Word: vinh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Clear & Hold. With the growth of the militiamen, the army is being released from static holding operations to make major offensive sweeps against the Viet Cong, sometimes clearing them from areas where no government forces have been in 15 years. In Kien Phong and Vinh Long provinces, where the Reds once dominated up to 65% of the population, swiftly mounted government raids against guerrilla training centers and supply depots have reduced the Communist-controlled populace to less than 30%. In the past year, the army's striking power has been massively enhanced by U.S. helicopters that can airlift Vietnamese...
...bulging with Russian armaments and swarming with Vietnamese. The Ilyu-shins, which are lined up 18 deep at Hanoi airport, drone in by the hour, bringing 45 tons of equipment a day. About once a week, a convoy of 50 Gorky trucks rolls in over primitive Route Seven from Vinh in North Viet Nam. The rebels have more than 60 Gorky trucks. 40 Soviet jeeps, about 25 command cars and six Russian armored cars. They have Kalashnikov submachine guns. Simonov carbines. Degtiarev light machine guns, ZPU antiaircraft machine guns, as well as Russian assault guns...