Khe Sanh siege tightens as Marines face looming battle
North Vietnamese forces have ringed Khe Sanh, leaving 5 000 Marines and 500 Vietnamese defenders cut off. Fog, bunkers, and trenches bring dense danger within 300 yards of the perimeter as reinforcements are difficult and casualties mount. The siege may drag on weeks with tanks reportedly at Khe Sanh village and Lang Vei fallen. Marine officers remain hopeful but wary of an eventual breakout.
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John T. Wheeler
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
U.S
Lang Vei
Remai
Benack
North Vietnam
Romm
Germany
Afrika Korps
Fulbright accuses administration of Tonkin deception
Senate aide Fulbright says the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident was misrepresented by the Johnson administration and McNamara. He claims a Navy commander was subjected to a psychiatric exam after volunteering to testify to Congress and says the Pentagon sought to intimidate him.
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Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Congress
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Navy
Fulbright
Robert 5. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McNamara
Arthur Sylvester
Arkansas Democrat
Maddox
Turner Joy
Tonkin Gulf
Senate
Johnson
North Vietnam
New York State
Defense Department
Marines brace for Khe Sanh siege as withdrawal deemed near impossible
The academy disclosed 13 midshipmen involved in marijuana violations, including 11 juniors, one sophomore and one freshman. Officials warned helicopter or ground withdrawal would invite heavy artillery fire, with resupply dependent on airdrops and retreat seen as virtually unthinkable against North Vietnamese forces.
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U.S. Navy
Khe Sanh
Debris Cleared After Penn Central Derailment Near Westfield
Westfield New York crews restore service along the main line three miles east of town after 26 freight cars derailed yesterday. It is the eighth derailment in Chautauqua County in recent months with five similar accidents in Western New York and some in northwestern Pennsylvania. The train from Collingwood Ohio to Buffalo carried general freight. During repairs Penn Central routed trains over adjacent Norfolk and Western tracks.
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N.Y
Remi Central
Here
Chautauqua County
New York
Pennsylvania
Collingwood
Ohio
Buffalo
Penn-Central
Norfolk & Western
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