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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1969
Page
5
The U S command reports 12.3 percent of South Vietnam under direct Viet Cong control at end of 1968, with 76.3 percent in relatively secure areas and 11.4 percent contested. Rural areas show 65 percent relatively secure, amid claims of Tet setbacks and gradual pacification recovery.
In Vietnam on Friday American warplanes conducted 588 raids across South Vietnam. F100 Super Sabers, A37s and F4 Phantoms hit a Communist bunker complex near Bien Hoa and Saigon, destroying 51 bunkers. Pilots Maj. Douglas R. Barron and Capt. Francis T. P. Gauthier led strikes east of Saigon, while Maj. Robert J. Cameron and 1st Lt. Thomas G. Burge attacked forts southwest of Saigon near Vinh Long City.
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