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Allied Forces InvadeViet Cong Supply Post*piV*trinilChhao'he ca1 cli -I names* marines info action. , route. South Vietnamese ra.su*!- huBy GEORGE R8PF.1t ( At Ihe other end of South Viel ties were put at 10 killed. 14 wr SAIfiON ('API — A U.S.-South nam. Lf.S. Marines and South wounded and two missing. They Jelt; Vietnamese task force invaded Vietnamese paratroopers re- included three dead and seven s» a major Viel Cong supply depot ported killing 75 North Viet-: wounded when a military vehi- he and killed 210 enemy soldiers in' namese troops in clashes Tues- cle hit an enemy mine on the a week of clashes that look day south of Da Nang, an area highway. thiAmerican infantrymen deeper of imesified fighting in the past North VieTnamese troops also thi Into the Mekong Delta than ever two weeks. Allied losses includ- ^Hacked the perimeter of a f.e before, military spokesmen an ed one Marine and 10 South sn,au u.s. Marine unit m Hill In. nounccrl today. Vietnamese killed, u South ** nPSr ,hp abandoned Khe w?South Vietnamese military Vietn*mese and 22 Marines Sanh romhai hasp. Four Ma- eaheadquarters said there were no wounded, and two South Viel- rjnp, wcrf |lt;j||,,d and ,jx WOund- oftallied fatalities and only ai« namese missing. pd hui the l.eathernecks re-US. infantrymen and three |n „np r]AHh to miles south of pulsed Ihe invaders. Enemy isSouth Vietnamese marines were [a Nang, U.S. Marines from Ihe casualties were not known. diewounded. A spokesman attrih- fMh Regiment came under heavy East of Khe Sanh. enemv gun Y. uteri the unusual kill ratio to machine-gun. mortar and recoil- ners shoi down a Marine Clltfi American helicopter gunships iP„ riflf firP. Supported hy helicopter. The crew and pas-and artillery, which were credtl- fighter-bombers, tanks and ar- senger* were rescued un ed with killing most of the tj||ery. |j,p leathernecks coun- harmed, headquarters said. . claimed enemy riead. leraP.acked and over ran the Using an explosive-laden raft. W|The fighting swirled In and enemy three hours later. Twen-’lhe Viei Cong blew up the Ren raout of three provinces centered ty-three of the enemy were re- Iajc pontoon bridge on the main about 125 miles southwest of pimpd knl(,d ,nd Marjnp rasu. rnulP between Saigon and the Saigon on the fringes of the U aUie, were onp dead and 22 Mekong Delta, hut South Viet-Mmh forest, a Viet Cong sane- WOunded namese engineers repaired rhejn luary virtually untouched hy Fifty-two enemy were report damaged pontoons hy t pm.‘ ■aI government troops for more cd |ti||ed jn a r|a!.h #jlh lroop5 and reopened the road. The Viel m'than 20 year* lhf Soi||h Vietnamese Slat Cong blow up the permanent,P Armored troop carriers from Re-imeni 21 miles youth of Da bridge two months ago. aid the |nc )y the U.S. Navy's Riverine Force. Nanp a(onR National Highway I. pontoon bridge is being used un ld moved up and down the rivers Vietnam* main north-south til the other one is repaired ■d and canals with gunboat escorts. carrying more than t.000■ i.sMKuifc'iiiajr' •:mrAmerican infantrymen from ihe Y 8th Division and 5011 South Viel- A f 9 f \ beltolyimiwhforii.lt;
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Mitchell Daily Republic
Mitchell, South Dakota, US
Wed, Aug 07, 1968
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