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ISAIGON (UPI) — Ameri-can warships in the Gulf of Tonkin began shelling military targets in North Vietnam today for the first time in the war.!JMilitary spokesmen said the ships bombarded rail-yard and storage areas in a further escalation of thepressure against the Hanoi regime.Continuing monsoon weather, which blankets much of North Vietnam with thick cloud layers and hampers air strikes, apparently prompted the decision to broaden use of American naval power.The announcement said the naval gunfire was directed at “primary targets supporting the infiltration of men and equipment into the South.”The first announced attackinvolved the U.S.S. Canberra, a cruiser, and two 7th Fleet destroyers which punded rail facilities IB miles south of Thanh Hoa.THE SPOKESMAN said poor visibility precluded any assessment of damage to the targets during the firing which began at 6 a.m. today.He said in another action today, two destroyers attacked an ammunition storagge area 7 miles north of Vinh.The announcement of the bombardment came two ays after military authorities aid south of the demilitarized zonfc (DMZ) were eing used to ound communist concentrations in North Vietnam.There were indications in to the xpanding rive o carry the war to North Vietnam n vasion.Until yesterday’s bombard-strictly limited to eturning ire from North Vietnamese oastal guns, hitting enemy radar trained on U.S. ships, and chasing supply craft at o o k refuge in coastal avens.In land ction, an American company from the 4th Infantry Division turned the ables on killed at least 45 of them in 8 hours of fighting along South Vietnam’s border with am-t(Continued on Page 14A, Col. 2)
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Phoenix Arizona Republic
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Sun, Feb 26, 1967
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