Magnificent Bastards: Marines Earn Noted Nickname
In the 72 hour Van Tuong Peninsula fight during Operation Starlight at Chu Lai, 2nd Battalion 4th Marine Regiment earned the World War II nickname Magnificent Bastards. Lt. Col. Joseph Fisher led a largely teen-age unit through heavy action including a hill assault, VC village clashes, and near friendly-fire incidents, with 31 VC captured and several killed or wounded.
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South Viet Nam
4Th Marine Regiment
Joseph
Bull) Fisher
Arlington
van Tuong Peninsula
Fisher
Echo Company
Chuck Clapper
Seattle
Wash
Wia
Col. Fisher
Ford Warns on Viet Nam Policy While Upholding Unity
Rep. Gerald R. Ford says Republicans will not abandon foreign policy aims despite Eisenhower's cautions and urges bipartisan consultation on Viet Nam. He criticizes Johnson's decisions, vows a white paper detailing past commitments and McNamara's earlier optimistic assessments.
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House
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Michigan
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Ford
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Eisenhower
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Cong Faces Pressure to Choose Between War or Peace
U.S. officials say Viet Cong losses from heavy fighting and rising South Vietnamese morale may push Hanoi and Beijing to reassess strategy. Officials estimate 60 to 70 nations back U.S. position and plan to brief more governments before the U.N. General Assembly.
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Johnson Administration
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Peking
Viet Nam
U.N. General Assembly
Pilotless Plane Downed Report From Peking
AP dispatch from Tokyo says a U S pilotless reconnaissance plane was shot down over Hainan Island on Saturday. Peking radio reported the plane was brought down by Chinese navy units amid tensions in the Gulf of Tonkin region.
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Hainan Island
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Viet Nam
Gulf of Tonkin
Peninsula Mopping Up Continues On Van Tuong Peninsula
South Vietnamese Marines join U S Leathernecks to mop up Van Tuong Peninsula fighting Viet Cong. Four guerrillas killed and four captured weapons. air missions reported 400 VC in the open with 58 killed.
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U.S
Leathernecks
van Tuong
Chu Lai
Vietnam War Death Toll Rumors Grow From Da Nang Update
Farrier Lt Gen Victor Krulak reports 564 Viet Cong killed in a three day Da Nang fight as Pentagon sources suggest enemy dead may reach 1000. He notes Marine casualties about 1 percent killed and 3 percent wounded while clarifying Marine involvement remains hard to define beyond units in Chu Lai and the 3rd Force Service Regiment.
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Toledoan Killed In Rural Toledo Area Crash
John R. B. Mallory, 21, of Toledo, was killed early Saturday when his car left a rural road near suburban Sylvania and crashed into a tree.
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Toledo
Sylvania
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