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Ben Tre Destruction Led to Save Ben Tre Battle Decision
A U.S. major says allied command chose to destroy the Mekong Delta city of Ben Tre to rout Viet Cong forces. The three day battle left hundreds of Vietnamese civilians dead and the city largely destroyed. U.S. advisers defend the measure as necessary to avert greater casualties.
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Major
Peter Arnett Bentre
Vietnam
U.S
Mekong Delt
Saigon
Ben Tre
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
James Dare
Chicago
U.S. Advisory Team 93
Can
9Th
Dong Tam
Chester L. Brown
Erie
Air Force
Brown