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Americans Try To Stop N. Vietnamese Siegeii.sBy GEORGE ESPER Associated Press WriterSAIGON (AP) — American bombers swept in from all over the country while allied commandos battled over hilly terrain today in an attempt to lift the siege of a tiny U.S. Special Forces camp surrounded by well entrenched North Vietnamese troops.Hoth sides were clinging stubbornly to their positions at last report following 30 hours of fighting.Illumination flares dropped from the air revealed a gro. tesque scene of twisted enemy bodies strung out along the wire perimeter of the isolated Green Beret camp at Due Lap, miles northeast of Saigon.The U.S. Command poured In all available firepowi in an ef* fort to dislodge the estimated 1,000 North Vietnamese soldiers surrounding some 15 American Special Forces troopers andfa bout 300 South Vietnamese. cans, was pretty much demol-I Large numbers of Air Force ished, hut that the allies man-| .fighter-bombers streaked in aged to hold on until the com-miles northeast of Saigon. :mandos arrived. South Viet-The U.S. Command poured In namese spokesmen reported at all available firepower to dis*. least 65 enemy killed, while al-l lodge the estimated 1.000 to;lied casualties were listed as3.000 North Vietnamese soldiers surrounding the allied force of at least 15 American Special Forces troopers and 400 South Vietnamese.Large numbers of fighter-bombers and helicopter gunlight.Only four miles from the Cambodian border. Due Lap watches over enemy Infiltration routes Into South Vietnam.Enemy forces zeroed In on another Important American basePships swooped In from bases! guarding the jungled northwest j throughout South Vietnam to infiltration corridor to Saigon ! provide continuous protective A 23lh Infantry Division fire fire for the outnumbered de- base near Dau Tieng, ahou SOmiles northwest of the capital came under a rain nf enemy rocket fire that knocked out or eightfenders. Heavy BS2 bombers followed in waves of ten, raining 300 tons of explosives on enemyground. Many bombs fell within damaged two tanks and three miles of the Green Berets. I armored troop carriers.Meanwhile, more than 300 Fighting also flared outside I American and Sout’- Viet- |Saigon. hut elsewhere the ene-I namese commandos, airlifted my appeared to have eased oft into the area by helicopters, -at least for the presenl-a se(IAP Poll —hattled to within three miles of the beleagured allied camp. They were last reported at arles of weeklong rocket, mortar and ground attacks un and down the countryside. Only a handfulB-Pop i tod iiLatihemUncommittedKey For Humphreydistrict headquarters that came of attacks were reported in founder a mortar barrage and day's military communiques, ground assault about the samei It political developments, time the Special Forces camp'South Vietnamese President was first attacked early Friday. 'Nguyen Van Thieu said in Can A U.S. officer said the district!**nday he does not bel.eve . v . .that U.S. presidential candi headquarters, manned by about1 Kcon*mesenc*CHICAGO (AP) - Southern i favorite sons and large uncom-jmitlfd \'nrlharn hllt;v*( HoM Ilia100 South men and aVietnamese militia-handful of Ameri-(Continued on page 2)VIETNAM!
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Mitchell Daily Republic
Mitchell, South Dakota, US
Sat, Aug 24, 1968
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