Word: zone
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...first detachments of Marines also got lucky last week. In the midst of a drenching typhoon, 200 men of the 9th Marine Regiment arrived at a staging area in Quang Tri, just south of the Demilitarized Zone, en route to Danang and Hawaii. On the way they stopped to pass out candy and toys to village children; one baffled Vietnamese boy got a pair of ice skates. A battalion of the 9th Marines is also scheduled to sail this week from Danang for redeployment in Okinawa...
...situation on the battlefield. Except for the clash at Ben Het, which ended last week (see THE WORLD), there was almost complete silence from the enemy, and American intelligence reported that three North Vietnamese regiments, or about 7,500 men, had been pulled back across the Demilitarized Zone into the North. At a news conference, Secretary of State William Rogers said that "we have had the lowest level of combat activity in Viet Nam for a long time, possibly the whole war." Since the severity of enemy activity has been one of Washington's stated criteria for reducing...
...Infantry Division, which was operating in the surrounding highlands. As part of a redeployment, U.S. infantry forces withdrew from the Ben Het area in April. The responsibility for the base passed to a South Vietnamese commander, Marine Colonel Nguyen Ba Lien of the 24th Special Tactical Zone. In accord with the U.S. policy of continuing to provide fire support for South Vietnamese ground forces, 500 American artillerymen remained dug in at key points in and around Ben Het. The biggest U.S. concentration was at Dak To, ten miles to the east, where 500 American combat engineers were also stationed...
...remain behind when the first chosen units depart Viet Nam for other stations in the Pacific, or in the case of 8,000 men, for the U.S., the war goes on. To the majority, the withdrawals remain little more than a gesture. Those just beginning tours in the combat zone might hope for future troop cuts. But few look beyond the next patrol. "Man, it doesn't mean nothing," said a member of a 25th Division weapons platoon on hearing the news, and his remarks were echoed by most of the men in his unit. Some servicemen share the views...
...substituting for Richard Nixon, gave the commencement address. Because of security requirements, the ceremony had to be held in the vast Ohio Stadium, come rain or shine; the weather produced both. Just as the rain stopped, the Vice President's Marine helicopter clattered down to a cordoned-off zone near the stadium, briefly overcoming the triumphal music of the university concert band. The graduates were in their places, all 4,228 of them, seated in neat rows on the field where their unbeaten football team fought its way to the mythical national championship last fall. State police and Secret...