Tet Peace and Guard Duty in Vietnam Year of the Snake
In Tet year 1965 a Vietnam cease in holiday mood let government troops pass safely as Viet Cong hosted toasts with banh chung rice pudding. On February 6 Jesse Pyle stood guard during a night shift amid jungle mud and slush.
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Eyewitness Account Chronicles Early Vietnam War Crises
Excerpted AP eyewitness narrative recounts the Pleiku and Camp Holloway attacks on Feb 7 1965, U S air war escalation, Da Nang Marine landings, the Saigon embassy bombing, Johnson’s reaction, and Ia Drang fighting with casualties and quotes from Marines.
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Iowa jobless pay drops by half from October last year
October unemployment benefits in Iowa totaled 12.6 million dollars, less than half of the 26.1 million paid a year earlier. The decline marks the seventh straight monthly drop, with manufacturing benefiting most from the cut.
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