27th Marines Return From Vietnam Homecoming
A thousand sailors and their families welcomed the 27th Marine Regiment back to San Diego from Vietnam. Many wore purple hearts earned in Hue and Da Nang as Gen. Leonard Chapman and Secretary Paul Ignatius praised their service. The unit, based at Camp Pendleton, counted 4,300 mobilized and 290 killed in Vietnam during the regiment’s two combat tours.
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San Diego
27Th Marine Regiment
Vietnam
Hue
da Nang
R. J. Gleason
Santa Rosa
Calif
Camp Pendleton
Lee Parish
Houston
Tex
Elaine Andrichack
Capistrano Beach
Michael Andrichak
Carol Harris
Long Beach
Ronald
Sgt
Stephen Harris
Gen
Leonard Chapman
Chapman
Secretary of the Navy
Paul R. Ignatius
27Th Regiment
27Th Regiment Marines
Thant backs bomb halt demands at Paris talks
U.N. Secretary General Thant endorsed Hanoi demands for an immediate unconditional end to U.S. bombing of North Vietnam as a step toward peace talks. North Vietnamese spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le dismissed public polls as inaccurate and urged U.N. support for a halt. The stance comes as talks in Paris stall over the bombing question.
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UPI
U.N
Thant
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh le
Michel Debre
Vietnam
Eral
Johnson
New Cong Weapon Captured Near Saigon
Allied troops seized a 12-tube rocket launcher amid Viet Cong supplies near Saigon. A captured North Vietnamese lieutenant led patrols to the village 10 miles south where the weapon parts lay buried. The 1 500 pound launcher fires 12 107 mm rockets and was made in China in 1965.
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Saigon
Ira Hunt
McLean
Creighton W. Abrams Jr
U.S
Vietnam
9Th Division
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cambodia
South
China
Viet Shy Reservists Blasted by Stennis
Senate military committee chair Sen. John C. Stennis condemned 700 Army reservists who challenged active duty calls to Vietnam. He called the court actions far-fetched and said he was deeply disappointed by the 12 groups involved, including 113 men from Cleveland.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Military Preparedness Subcommittee
Vietnam
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Cleveland Area
Defector Pham Van Ca Joins South Vietnamese Forces
Saigon government and Vietnam Press report the Viet Cong Phu Lei Battalion deputy commander Pham Van Ca alias Tu Chien has surrendered and aids in tracking his former unit. Court orders delayed his stay in the United States as High Court review looms. Senator Stennis denounces reservist challenges to Johnson’s call up. Congressman Montgomery criticizes Justice Douglas.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Viet Cong
Pham van Ca
Tu Chien
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