Tonkin Incident Spurs Heavy U S Military Buildup
George Esper reports on the Tonkin incident triggering a large U S military buildup in Vietnam. Lt Scott Low from Quincy arrives in March 1964 as part of the 339th Transportation Company, tasked with aiding the South Vietnamese by servicing aircraft, recovering downed helicopters, and evacuating wounded. The Army briefing emphasized support role amid a war then centered on Vietnam.
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George Esper
Scott Low
Quincy
Mass
Vietnam
339Th Transportation Company
Low
Eyewitness account recalls early Vietnam War tensions and Tonkin Gulf
AP correspondent George Esper describes a scale limited U.S. role in 1964 Vietnam and the rising battles as U.S. forces faced increasing guerrilla attacks. The Maddox engagement near Tonkin Gulf led to Johnson pushing for air strikes and the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
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George Esper
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Boston
Cam Ranh Bay
Khe Sanh
Ia Drang
A Shan
U.S
U.S.S. Maddox
Tonkin Gulf
Maddox
John J. Herrick
Destroyer Division 192
Raymond Connell
Tonkin
Johnson
North Vietnam
Congress
United States
Tonkin Bay
Hanoi
Coe asks city to ban parking on First Avenue near campus
Coe College President John E. Brown asks Cedar Rapids to ban parking on the Coe side of First Avenue from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. between 12th Street and Center Point Road to curb teen gatherings and alleged loitering and harassment. Public Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen supports a ban, while Wayne Murdock will refer the proposal to Traffic Engineering and seek council input.
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Coe
First Avenue
Dick Hogan
Coe College
John E. Brown
Brown
Cedar Rapids
12Th Street
Center Point Road
Public Safety
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Wayne Murdock
Murdock
Retired Linn ARC member earns regional Member of the Year
Georgia Colbert, charter member of Linn County Association for Retarded Citizens, is awarded ARC North Central Region Member of the Year for her decades of service to mentally retarded persons. She will accept the honor in Detroit with ARC administrator Sharon Barnhart.
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Georgia Colbert
Linn County Association For
ARC
North Central
Colbert
Detroit
ABC
C St
Karen
Linn Arc
National Association For the
Linn County
Chicago
Sharon Barnhart
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Barnhart
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Orient
Washington
Constellation
C. Turner Joy
Felix Nerio
National Security Council
White House
The
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Ballantine Books
Hanot
Rae
PP Lane
Pers
Aiphong
Sinkaar
Hainan
Retarded
Shaver Clinic
Jcpenney
the Sunday Gazette
B&w T Co
Richland
Ceadie
Cae
Vialie
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