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Cham Son battles reveal fierce trench clash near Marine post
At Cham Son Vietnam a Viet Cong infiltrated a Marine command post trench and killed two Marines before being killed. Another attacker wounded himself to avoid capture. Daybreak counted 35 Communist dead with 14 killed and 14 captured weapons by a Marine company. Marines suffered four dead and 22 wounded. Four Viet Cong were captured as they fled through rice paddies. Captain Frank M. Burke questioned prisoners. claims suggested 70 Viet Cong, 20 North Vietnamese, and 10 other guerrillas in the assault. Prisoners indicate replacements for recently heavy losses.
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Cham Son
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Oxford
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