Death toll climbs as Viet War combat widens near base
In Saigon and surrounding areas, US and South Vietnamese forces report heavy fighting with thousands of enemy losses. Saigon corps say 140 Communist troops fell near Base No 6, while 220 were killed by airstrikes. US claims 80 American deaths and 347 wounded in the week ending April 3. Units withdraw from Fire Support Base Vandergrift near Khe Sanh after covering the pullback. Major General Nva Dau says Base 6 blocks North Vietnamese aims from Pak To and central highlands.
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Vandergrift
Khe Sanh
Cambodia
Pich Nil Vass
Phnom Penh
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Vietnam
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da Nang
Kellerman
Tih
Quang Tri
South China Sea
Uddman
Mire
Unds
Sihiling
Bell Laos
Nvo Dau
Army finds no way to try My Lai vets
The Pentagon said no legal path exists to prosecute ten former soldiers tied to the My Lai massacre. After 18 months of study, officials indicated no charges will be brought, though one veteran, Paul Meadie, admitted aiding Lt. Calley Jr. in the killings. Active investigations had numbered 15 men, many long discharged.
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Pentagon
My Lai
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
Army
Justice Department
Paul Meadie
Meadie
Wiliam L. Calley Jr
Priedheim
Dof
Deere
U.S. Supreme Court
Watts Private Charged With Grenade Murders At Bien Hoa
US Army private Billy D. Smith, 22, of Watts California, is charged with premeditated murder in the March 15 killings of two officers at Bien Hoa Army base near Saigon. He faces three counts of attempted murder and additional charges including resisting arrest and assault. The incident wounded a third officer. all three officers and Smith were in Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division. Trial date not set.
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1St Calvary Division
Billy D. Smith
Watts
Calif
Bien Hoa Army Base
Saigon
Smith
Army
Long Binh
Lil
Thomas Dellna
Mechanicsville
N.Y
Richard Harlan
Dallas
Tex
Peter B. Higgins
Bravo
19Th Artillery
Bien Hoa
Woman 41 Shot Dead Found in Car at Edgewood Center
Covina housewife Mrs Geraldine Norma Bron 41 was found shot to death in her car at Edgewood shopping center in Azusa Los Angeles suburb. Police say robbery likely motive as clothes intact and no sign of molestation. She reportedly carried money from the dry cleaning shop where she worked. Similarities noted to a recent murder robbery in San Dimas.
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Azusa
Covina
Geraldine Norma Bron
Edgewood
Los Angeles
Dorothy Norton Reynolds
San Dimas
Polish plane hijacker jailed for 25 years in Warsaw
Rudolf Olma was sentenced to 25 years by a Polish court after attempting to hijack a Kalowe seedo Warsaw to Vienna flight on August 26. He lost an eye and a hand in the attempt, injuring nine passengers and causing an explosion before the plane returned safely to Katowice.
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Warsaw
Rudolf Olma
Olma
Vienna
Katowdee
Saigon Accuses North Vietnam of Duc Duc Massacre
Saigon protests a North Vietnamese assault on Duc Duc district March 29, alleging 44 civilians killed, 43 wounded and 37 homes burned after an attack followed by about 100 mortar rounds. The foreign ministry urged the International Control Commission to denounce the actions to world opinion.
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Foreign Ministry
International Control Commission
Duc Duc
da Nang
Annie
Indochina
Vietnam
India
Poland
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