173rd Airborne in Viet Nam Faces Tough Persistent Enemy
Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne, volunteers with a year in Viet Nam, confront a tougher than expected Viet Cong. Commanders note the enemy is tough fanatical and resourceful, with battles across the Mekong Delta Iron Triangle and Central Highlands. Leaders say lessons learned include maneuver endurance and discipline, while political constraints slowed operations and caused frustration.
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Amo
Vitorial
173Rd
Viet Nam
South China Sea
Cambodian
Mekong Delta
Zone D
Iron Triangle
Highlands
Peter Arnett
Horst
173Rd Airborne
Arnett
Faas
After Defeat Battle Survivors Flee Allied Units
Survivors of a smashed Communist battalion fled into the countryside as U.S. air cavalry and South Vietnamese troops pressed a pursuit. Allied forces reported heavy casualties on the Viet Cong North Vietnamese force, with hundreds killed over two days of fighting on the central coast.
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173Rd
Xoai
Duc Co
North
Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Sith
Dalat
Bac Giang
U.S. Air Force
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Son
Oe Vietnamese
North Carolina Farm Income Drops from 1964 Levels
In 1965 net incomes for typical tobacco farms in North Carolina's Coastal Plain declined from 1964. The Department of Agriculture reported average incomes of $5,296 for 1965 versus $6,425 in 1964, reflecting a substantial decrease amid tobacco and cotton farming.
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Washington
North Carolina
Coastal Plain
Department of Ture
Leader In Union Is Slain In San Francisco Case
AP reports Lloyd Green 45 financial secretary of Painters Local 178 in Alameda County and Don Wilson 40 secretary of Painters Local 4 in San Francisco were killed in separate ambushes. Authorities see possible link between the two killings as police search for clues and protection provided to union officials.
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San Francisco
Lloyd Green
Green
Painters Local
Alameda County
Ee Dae Gantes Pecisco
Don Wilson
Painters Local 4
Morris Evenson
Wilson
Local 4
Evenson
al Nelder
Hayward
Beaner Tiea Ved Thenagh
Adar Ary
Vyrl Anderson
Carpenter's
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Porral
178Rd
Okinawa
Pacific
United States
N.C
Union
Chevrolet
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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