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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Transported by more than 50 U.S. helicopters, the most ever used on a combat mission in Viet Nam, some 2,000 government troops launched a full-scale attack on Zone D, a 4,500-sq.-mi. Red strong hold north of Saigon that functions as a combination Pentagon and troop assignment center for Communist forces all over South Viet Nam. The government's mission: to clean out the 5,000 Viet Cong troops in the Zone, disrupt the Red communications and intelligence network, and cut Communist supply lines to the rest of the country. But the Viet Cong...
...Viet Cong troops had not simply evaporated. Obeying Mao's first maxim, hundreds took shelter in the elaborate maze of tunnels that the Reds have dug in many parts of Zone D. Then, in line with Mao's second rule for terrorists, the Viet Cong promptly attacked the government's defensive outposts on the periphery of Zone D. Guns blazing, battalion-sized Red units simultaneously mauled three villages, inflicting severe casualties before disappearing into the surrounding rubber plantations at dawn's light...
Early in the third frame. Bill Lamarche took the puck from deep in the Harvard zone and skated the length of the ice to set up the third goal. Treadwell picked up Lamarche's rebound and tucked it behind goalie Steedman for the final tally...
...Lord Jeffs were hit hard by graduation losses, but they will be no pushover nonetheless. Amherst plays a very slow, cautious, ball-control brand of basketball with lot of zone pressing. The Jeffs know this system well, and so the Crimson cannot afford to make as many mistakes as it could against a more free-wheeling attack...
...loss. Again and again, the charging Lions made him eat the ball, eight times in the first half alone for a net loss of 79 yds. Gigantic (6 ft. 5 in., 300 lbs.) Defensive Tackle Roger Brown hit Starr so hard that Starr fumbled into the end zone, and Sam Williams recovered for a third Detroit touchdown. Moments later, Brown tackled Starr in his own end zone for a 2-point safety. Nor was Starr the only victim. Ordinarily, the Packers can count on big chunks of yardage from rough, tough Fullback Jim Taylor, top ground gainer in the N.F.L...