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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1969

Page

10

Primitive Cong arms factory shown in captured film

In a jungle near Saigon a Viet Cong arms factory is depicted producing mines grenades and mortars with a crude setup. The film shows workers at lathes stamping casings pouring molten metal and loading ammunition onto camouflaged sampans bound for Viet Cong units.

Camau Vietnam U Minh Forest Saigon Mekong Delta South Vietnam United States

Car Glued Down in Copenhagen Reward Offer

A Copenhagen businessman offers a 600 reward for information after vandals glued his car to the street. The incident prompted police to investigate the deliberate act amid rising public vandalism concerns in the city.

Copenhagen UPI

Hospital Built by Gifts Serves Vietnamese Children Near Da Nang

A $300,000, 120 bed hospital near Da Nang, staffed by U S Marines and Navy corpsmen, opens for war wounded and local children. It is funded by voluntary contributions from U S citizens and groups, with donors including a Marine parents couple, a retired teacher, an American women's club, and the widow of a fallen officer. Volunteers visit to bring toys as care expands from a tin-roof dispensary to modern facilities.

DA Nang Vietnam Red Beach U.S la Nang Marine Corps Navy First Marines 1St Battalion, 3Rd Marine Regiment

General's Son Joins Army After Marine Service

Lance Cpl. Keith Ware II, son of Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware and World War II Medal of Honor recipient, left the Marines after 15 months to enlist in the Army. He started as a private first class, shedding one rank notch in the transfer amid the family legacy.

Washington (A Keith Ware II Vietnam Army Keith L. Ware South Vietnam Young Ware

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