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Leisure Army Strives To Beat Boredom In Vietnam
AP report from Saigon details U S troops in Vietnam forming a “Leisure Army” to ease strain as combat winds down. Soldiers at Wunder Beach, Da Nang, and China Beach pursue recreation from pools to movies while commanders push intramural sports and education.
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Holger Jensen
Associated Press
Saigon
Wonder Beach
Golden Sands
South China Sea
Khe Sanh
Delta Company
1St Battalion
11Th Infantry
Wunder Beach
Quang Tri Province
Creighton W. l
Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Dalmorale
Pier Pea - Wera
U.S. Army
Air Force
Navy
Alice Long
U.S. Command
Special
University of Maryland
da Nang
Pleiku
Nha Trang
Phan Thiet
R&r
Vung Tau
Bermuda
Lone
Jine
Alfram Walnut Francoe
United
China Beach
Mullins
Nang
Armed Congressional Investigators Forces Vietnam
AFVN
Repssion Network
Morgan Murphy
Robert H. Steele
R-Conn
Wemen
1St Military Region
Nixon
Jiu Chu Lai
Charlie
Tiar
AP News