Japanese Newsman Freed After Viet Cong Detention in Saigon
A Japanese journalist, seized in Tay Ninh by Viet Cong, was held for two weeks and freed near Saigon after the truck driver showed company ID. The correspondent reported wearing combat fatigues and carried press credentials from the U.S. Military Assistance Command. He was unharmed and returned to Saigon police headquarters.
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Vietnamese Captive Talks of Japanese Identity and Detention
An excerpt recounts a captive's experience with Viet Cong questioning in English, noting his claim that captors did not believe he was Japanese. He describes polite treatment but refuses to discuss captivity details or five days at police headquarters.
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Three ROK children die in ice tragedy near Saigon
Three schoolchildren drowned in Tay Ninh Province as ice on a river broke while skating. The tragedy occurred near a perimeter where U S forces report areas around Katum and Thien Ngon, bases vital to supply routes from Tay Ninh to Cambodia.
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