Jets join DMZ fire in southern Vietnamese battlefield
The U S Seventh Fleet and B 52s bombarded the southern half of the DMZ to slow a North Vietnamese offensive entering its second week. Berkeley aided by shells silenced enemy batteries near Camp Carroll. In the fighting 142 North Vietnamese and 22 South Vietnamese troops were reported killed just outside the camp. Fire Base Fuller and Tantrymen faced heavy shelling as U S and South Vietnamese forces sustained attacks with mortars and rockets.
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U.S. Deaths 13 in Week in Vietnam Conflict
AP reports American casualties in Vietnam remained low last week while South Vietnamese losses rose sharply. South Vietnamese troops suffered 312 killed and 599 wounded, vs 170 killed and 464 wounded previously. U.S. combat deaths averaged under 20 per week for the fifth week straight, with eight Americans dying nonhostile.
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