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Red ‘Human Wave’ Kills 36 MarinesSAIGON lt;UPI—North Viet-namese sotdiers, some with explosive charges strapped to their bodies, sprang from the jungle darkness today and smashed into two U.S. Mamie camps just below the Demilitarized Zone.Reports from the battlefront said at Jeasl 36 Marines were kilted and il5 wounded. More than 55 Communists (lied in the human wave assaults.Part of the 40,000-man guerrilla threat to Saigon battled U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers guarding the city, despite one of the heaviest Allied bombardments of Uie war into the capital’s “rocket bell.” Shock waves from the Allied bombs and shells rolled across Saigon all night.A U.S. spokesman said 2,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese had perished in the offensive since Sunday. Hut the Reds gave no sign they were ready to give it up. A Viet Cong broadcast said I lie reprisal offensive showed how strong the Communists are.U.S. 25th Inf a ill ry Division soldiers at gim bases protecting Saigon killed 9S guerrillas in two battles on approach routes from Cambodia, fn one, theCommunists fired Icar and nausea gas into the American base but the wind blew it back at them. U.S. Josses were liffht, spokesmen said.The battle began al 4 a.m, and by 6:30 .. was over. Roclies littered the ravaged Marine camps.
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Canandaigua Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York, US
Tue, Feb 25, 1969
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