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Confusion Deepens Over Viet Nam War Across Fronts
A six month report from the front contrasts the old war in the Mekong Delta with the new war spreading north to the 17th Parallel. It notes American and allied forces, ARVN, and Viet Cong roles, the surge in U.S. troops, heavy losses, and the paradoxes of Saigon’s gaiety amid nightly bombardments and ambushes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Viet Nam
Hugh A. Mulligan
Associated Press
Dean Rusk
William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Fulbright
Secretary of State
East
Saigon
Paris
Ton Son Nhut
Robert Lowery
Helen Gilbert
Buster Keaton
Hue
da Nang
Peter Arnett
Rex
Them
Mekong Delta
17Th Parallel
Hanoi
America
Siesta
Donald Roberts
Port Angeles
Wash
Vinh Long Province
Viet Cong
ARVN
Army of
James Spruill
Raymond A. Adams
Spruill
The
New York Herald Tribune
Suffern
N.Y
Suoi van Tam
Navy
Dale Myercord
St. Louis
Little Terry & the Pirates Navy
Oscar Padgett
Madisonville
Tex
Delta
1St Infantry Division
1St Air Cavalry
173Rd Airborne Brigade
101St Airborne Brigade
3Rd Marine Division
U.S
7Th Fleet
Ton San Nhut
Air Division
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Col
Allen Burdett
Ashville
N.C
1St Cavalry