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We’re Not War Lovers Ordeal Of The 173rd Airborne
AP dispatch from Saigon notes the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s first Viet Nam anniversary. Veterans recall hard lessons, brutal encounters, and a year of combat in the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands. Officers say the brigade learned to adapt yet still questions the political limits of U S strategy. Some soldiers express wish for more decisive actions to win, while others reflect on the cost of war.
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Edser
Peter Arnett
Wet
Nam
Horst Faas
173Rd Airborne
Horst Fais
Saigon
South Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Viet Nam
173Rd
Delta
South Chna Sea
Mekong Delta
Zone D
Irom Trangle
Ihearane
Sas
Okinawa
Pacific
Doing Xoai
Duc Co
North Viet Nam
Ths
United States
Clarence Johnson
Des Moiines
Iowa
Romer L Brownlee
Odessa
Tex