Route 13 Standoff in Saigon’s Backdoor Corridor
South Vietnamese and American units push toward An Loc along Route 13 north of Saigon to break the siege. Tank units suffer losses as the advance stalls amid shelling and difficult terrain. Commanders warn relief may take one to three weeks if North Vietnamese strength holds.
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Viet army denies mutinies and defections claims
South Vietnamese military officials rejected North Vietnamese and Viet Cong assertions of mutinies on the front in Quang Tri Province. They said a few hundred troops are missing and presumed killed or captured after the early offensive, with little known about the fate of the 56th Regiment and its leaders at Fire Base Carroll.
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