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A Veteran's War Report On Vietnam A Ho Chi Minh Study
A reporter records a Vietnam war scene framed as a non war with a major describing the conflict in March 1959 terms. He lists forces: about 500000 U S troops with 50000 in combat roles, ARVN about 639000, Viet Cong 277000 plus 20000 hidden in the South, totaling 1200000 allied fighting men. Ho Chi Minh's control spans North Vietnam and 40 percent of South Vietnam, leaving Saigon with 60 percent. He notes the shadow war in the jungle with mortar teams and hit and run tactics, and warns the conflict may end with the Viet Cong overrunning the South if U S troops withdraw.
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