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Slaughter Toll Hiked in Quang Tri Refugee Tragedy
Reporters describe the April 29 30 massacre near Quang Tri City as a chaotic retreat with air bursts and artillery that shredded fleeing columns. While Washington questioned the term deliberate massacre, survivors and officials note hundreds of civilians and soldiers killed, many from North Vietnamese ambushes on Highway 1 and later burial and cleanup at the scene.
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Saigon
Quang Tri City
State Department
John King
Washington
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Quang Tri
Highway 1
Hue
Tri
South Vietnam
Igon
Para
Arish