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stalerived t 10 been *y, of liege and dgedthat it to tfont-[ and ation erica plans orth. hair-torthizenssentnedytants rs in them a as-5 as* iders lastGor-isler, er of m asend m. If '11 be d byit ofinfantrymen are stepping up theirantiguerrilla warfare training inthe heavily forested countrysideof central Thailand.They are also being taught whatthe Communist foes they mayhave to face, look like.The 27th Infantry Wolihounds of Korean War fame are camped in the foothills near the big Thai military staging center of Khorat, 135 miles northeast of Bangkok.The 1,000 Wol’ihounds came to Thailand six weeks ago to take part in a series of jungle exercises with the Thai army and other units of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. They were kept here when the United States decided last week to station forces in Thailand to guard against Communist military thrusts from neighboring Laos.Mother 1,000 men and vehicles and heavy support equipment, are arriving by air and sea from the Wolfhounds’ base in .Hawaii.Capt. Charles T. Keaton of Mor-ganton, N.C., the training officer, says emphasis is on such tactics as ambushing and infiltration, along with defenses against them.He said the men are also getting familiarization courses in the uniforms worn by the Communist-led Pathet Lao forces in Laos and the North Vietnamese.No Thai soldiehs are mixed with the Wolfhounds in their present ^ last camp site, however. Jjloore Col. William A. McKean, the, arges 27th's tough commander, says hisLinfisipt'Viv\tlutit.rcf1;f3irePttrttrtcar/mennee.nctedaftereseg-ng atroit.obertDn-in-m A.vIt€1men will- remain at their camp near Khorat until all support elements—including tanks and two batteries of howitzers—have arrived. *Nobody will say where they will . go then. i1“We're the best combat-ready;1 unit in the.U.S. Army,” Keaton^ says.If: the Communists start some-lourt. thing, and the Wolfhounds go in, Chi- there'll be smoke, said a sergeant was veteran of the unit’s Kofsan cam-Moo- paign..said-jenti-y bef the• and1 willcomplete his night club commit ment at* a Lake Tahoe casino with 1 performances tonight and Wednesday night.Virus and‘lack oi rest, his doctors said, put him in a hospital here last Thursday night. He wasreleased Mondav.
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Tue, May 22, 1962
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