Marines Fight to Hold Paddies in Vietnam Standoff
In Hiep Due Valley near Da Nang three US Marine companies, about 450 men, faced relentless North Vietnamese fire in rice paddies and a hill hamlet. By Saturday 50 Marines were dead and at least 83 wounded. enemy losses numbered 252 confirmed killed. The captain leading a assault refused to abandon his wounded and died with ten men.
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Tam KY
South Vietnam
Vinh Huey No. 2
Lance Cpl
Mike Miller
Mansfield
Ohio
Miller
Peter L. Hilgartner
Austin
Tex
Hilgartner
Hiep Due
Vinh Huey
da Nang
Dave MelIntruff
Sundown
Army doctor sentenced to three years in prison
Capt Howard B Levy a Brooklyn dermatologist and Army doctor was convicted of disobeying orders to train Green Beret medics and making disloyal statements about Vietnam. He received a three year prison term and dismissal from the Army. He was confined at Ft Jackson stockade as his family protested.
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Howard Levy
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ft. Jackson
Columbia
D.C
Army
Levy
Columbia, S.C
Howard B. Levy
Vietnam
Green Beret
U.S
Board
S.C
Stockade Levy
Trina Sahli
Seymour Levy
Howard
Charles Morgan
American Civil Liberties Union
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